TV Tuner in reverse?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 12:02:45PM -0700, William Park wrote:
> Yes, it does.  My TV is "HD ready", so it has every possible input connectors.  
> Right now,
> its HDMI port is connected to external Kworld settop tuner, which in turn is 
> connected to
> my antenna.  So, I can watch live TV, just fine.  
> 
> Soon, I will run a cable from the antenna to my computer in my room.  So, I 
> should be
> able to watch/record on my computer.
> 
> My problem is how to watch on my TV, as cheaply as possible, when computer and 
> TV
> are not in the same room.
> 
>     - I don't want to upgrade to Wireless-N
>     - I don't want to get another computer for MythTV frontend, just to watch 
> occasional
>       recorded TV.
>     - I don't want to carry my computer to/from living room, whenever I want to 
> watch
>       recorded TV.
>     - I can use my laptop (Pentium-M, Intel 915), but it's barely capable.  
> There is hint
>       of stuttering, and VGA/audio cables are messy.
> 
> Cheapest solution is to run RG-6 cable between my computer and my TV.  Of 
> course,
> assuming I can send recorded MPEG-2 files out into RG-6 cable as ATSC/QAM 
> signal.
> 
> I'll google "ATSC modulator".

If you are willing to run cabling, then why not run an HDMI cable instead
of RG6?  Or do you already have that cable run?

And cheapest won't be RG6.  The modulator will be VERY expensive.
A dedicated upnp video playback box with HDMI output and an ethernet
cable will be much cheaper, and as a bonus you can then control your
playback from the room with the TV.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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