2012-01-24, 13:22
wasn't sure where to put this so hear goes. hopefully someone can help
my dad has recently come out of having a major back operation and he lives by himself out in the bush.
i've been trying to upgrade his setup for a while, ever since he brought a new plasma tv so he can watch his tv shows/movies etc in proper HD since he is still running everything thru RCA etc so it looks horrid on his new tv.
i've done up a new computer for him with XBMC (he uses XBMC currently)
i want to give this to him and set everything up so he can watch it all in HD.
the problem arises because he needs it to display on both tvs at the same time (the new one, and an old one in his bedroom, just has RCA)
also it must run the audio thru his receiver so he gets sound thru all his speakers around the house. the receiver is a bit old but it does have optical for audio, but only RCA for video inputs.
his current setup is as follows.
PC running XBMC runs to receiver via a VGA-RCA adapter.
Austar box connects to an LG DVD player/burner thru RCA, then that connects to the receiver, this is so he can record austar. Im fairly sure the lg dvd thing is one of those HDD ones as well.
he then splits the video with a homemade splitter cable from his receiver.
it seems like a really complicated setup but he has it running how he likes apart from everything looking so bad on his new tv because most of the content is HD from shows/movies i have given him.
he has about 4tb of stuff all up.
now im hoping to make it do the same as it is doing now but with my new computer added to the mix and have it so its thru HDMI so all the HD content is displayed properly on his new tv.
its doing my head in trying to figure out how to go about this and keep it so everything is still basically the same.
the stipulations i have from him:
it must show the video on both tvs, and audio thru reciever.
austar has to stay connected to burner and still display thru both tvs as usual.
as long as i can manage that and incorporate it with the new PC he will be happy.
does anyone have any ideas how i can go about this without having to spend a fortune?
i've been looking at some of those AV senders that send video/audio wirelessly to other tvs etc but none i have found have both HDMI and RCA on the units.
i have also seen this at cablechick
http://www.cablechick.com.au/cables/...upscaling.html
it seems like i could use that to convert all the old RCA stuff upto HD as well and then perhaps use a AV sender to send that to both tvs?
it seems awfully expensive though.
is there any other cheaper options?
any and all help/tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
i really want to get this setup for him as since his back op he is going to be wheelchair bound for a fair while so i want to make it as enjoyable for him as possible given the circumstances.
my dad has recently come out of having a major back operation and he lives by himself out in the bush.
i've been trying to upgrade his setup for a while, ever since he brought a new plasma tv so he can watch his tv shows/movies etc in proper HD since he is still running everything thru RCA etc so it looks horrid on his new tv.
i've done up a new computer for him with XBMC (he uses XBMC currently)
i want to give this to him and set everything up so he can watch it all in HD.
the problem arises because he needs it to display on both tvs at the same time (the new one, and an old one in his bedroom, just has RCA)
also it must run the audio thru his receiver so he gets sound thru all his speakers around the house. the receiver is a bit old but it does have optical for audio, but only RCA for video inputs.
his current setup is as follows.
PC running XBMC runs to receiver via a VGA-RCA adapter.
Austar box connects to an LG DVD player/burner thru RCA, then that connects to the receiver, this is so he can record austar. Im fairly sure the lg dvd thing is one of those HDD ones as well.
he then splits the video with a homemade splitter cable from his receiver.
it seems like a really complicated setup but he has it running how he likes apart from everything looking so bad on his new tv because most of the content is HD from shows/movies i have given him.
he has about 4tb of stuff all up.
now im hoping to make it do the same as it is doing now but with my new computer added to the mix and have it so its thru HDMI so all the HD content is displayed properly on his new tv.
its doing my head in trying to figure out how to go about this and keep it so everything is still basically the same.
the stipulations i have from him:
it must show the video on both tvs, and audio thru reciever.
austar has to stay connected to burner and still display thru both tvs as usual.
as long as i can manage that and incorporate it with the new PC he will be happy.
does anyone have any ideas how i can go about this without having to spend a fortune?
i've been looking at some of those AV senders that send video/audio wirelessly to other tvs etc but none i have found have both HDMI and RCA on the units.
i have also seen this at cablechick
http://www.cablechick.com.au/cables/...upscaling.html
it seems like i could use that to convert all the old RCA stuff upto HD as well and then perhaps use a AV sender to send that to both tvs?
it seems awfully expensive though.
is there any other cheaper options?
any and all help/tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
i really want to get this setup for him as since his back op he is going to be wheelchair bound for a fair while so i want to make it as enjoyable for him as possible given the circumstances.