[astro355]

Gary, why ruin a perfectly good idea?

 

[Gary]

Gary, why ruin a perfectly good idea?

I don't know. :shrug: :doh: Sorry.

 

[astro355]

I keep looking at this picture and am puzzled. I been reading into the differences between component, s-video and hdmi lines. I read that hdmi also carries audio with the video signal. Is that true? If so, why would the face plate pictured above have component connectors?

 

[AstroAustin]

Those are component RGB (Red Green Blue) video-only connectors and do not carry audio. The top connection being Toslink optical audio that does not carry video.

So you've got the right idea. You could use either:

1. HDMI for audio and video
or
2. RGB for video and Toslink for audio.

You wouldn't ever use all the connections, but it would be nice to have the option. I guess I just was giving one example of a cool wallplate, not specifically recommending that particular one.

 

[$uperJoe]

that type of plate would be so you could use one plate for multiple applications. like the rgb and optical for a theater projector and then the hdmi in a separate room such as in the kitchen to look up recipes on the computer

 

[astro355]

I see. I do like options.

So this would work for the wire.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10240&cs_id=1024006&p_id=2841&seq=1&format=2

or there is this also.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10240&cs_id=1024005&p_id=4032&seq=1&format=2

And these for the wall plates

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10425&cs_id=1042501&p_id=2730&seq=1&format=2

 

[DARK DISCIPLE]

hi new here
but most home theater techies i know prefer the component over even the hi def
they claim its a much stabler signal
anyway best of luck
im sure youll come up with something you like and works for you

 

[webcat]

You could put all of your equipment accross the room and then get one long ext wire for your mouse and one long ext wire for your keyboard , thats all you really need is your mouse and keyboard .
Another option , this ones more expensive but they have wireless mouse and wireless mini keyboard for $80 bucks and it has a range of 50 foot and works around corners.
I like extension wires myself because if mmy keyboard ever goes bad i can pick another up cheap.

 

[astro355]

I wish I could move the computer closer to the TV, that one is out of my hands *cough*wife*cough*. I already have a wireless keyboard and mouse. I'll have to run wire to make this happen unless I do the wireless setup. Which really isn't a bad idea.

I would then have to run a VGA wire, a printer cable, speaker cables, and usb from that area to the computer desk. Seems easier and cheaper to run a hdmi cable instead. But as already stated, the wife wants the computer to be in the computer desk.

 

[astro355]

This is a trial run of the hdmi setup. Sees to work great. The only "problem" I've noticed is that I can't run the sound card and hdmi output on the same application at the same time. On Win XP, I can only have one or the other set as the default at the same time. Not a terrible thing, just kind of annoying to have to switch back and forth.

 

[94 Van Guy]

Not a bad trade-off tho...

Looks good, Keith

 

[akmo23]

You wont find that in home computing but they make extensions for server grade Male\female VGA.