By: David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com), August 14, 2019 6:38 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar) on August 13, 2019 3:22 pm wrote:
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> Another alternative would be to locate it elsewhere in the house, and either do your compiles off a low
> power PC/laptop via ssh to the "server", or run wires to it. You can use ordinary twisted pair for HDMI
> and another one for the USB to a USB hub for keyboard/mouse/etc. For an unrelated purpose I bought two super
> cheap little blue dongles off eBay with a cat5e connector on one end and HDMI on the other, and they work
> fine for 1080p60 at 60 feet or so. Amazing how well they work for something so small and costing under $10.
> You need something more expensive and cat6a for 4K, and might need two wires, but its doable.
I know several people who did exactly that with noisy workstations by installing them on the other side of a wall so the cabling was not even a problem.
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> Another alternative would be to locate it elsewhere in the house, and either do your compiles off a low
> power PC/laptop via ssh to the "server", or run wires to it. You can use ordinary twisted pair for HDMI
> and another one for the USB to a USB hub for keyboard/mouse/etc. For an unrelated purpose I bought two super
> cheap little blue dongles off eBay with a cat5e connector on one end and HDMI on the other, and they work
> fine for 1080p60 at 60 feet or so. Amazing how well they work for something so small and costing under $10.
> You need something more expensive and cat6a for 4K, and might need two wires, but its doable.
I know several people who did exactly that with noisy workstations by installing them on the other side of a wall so the cabling was not even a problem.