CCTV DVR to TV?

[Pauld75 0]

Hi,

 

I'm setting up a new CCTV system shortly.

My TV sits downstairs but I'd want to put my dvr upstairs incase a thief steals it (God forbid they break in). It will also be next to my router which sits in my bedroom.

I want it connected to the TV downstairs as my wife is alone in the house a few nights a week and if anyone rings the doorbell she could check the TV and see who it is before opening the front door.

 

I see that dvr's connect to TV's with hdmi. Is my only option to buy a huge hdmi cable and run it up to the bedroom the dvr will be kept in?

How big do hdmi's get as I'd probably need 30 meters!

Thanks

[jeromephone 6]

you could use a HDMI extender which would use a single cat 6 cable. That would be easier to run and would boost the signal as well 30 meters with regular HDMI would run into problems.

[Pauld75 0]

Thank you. Would this be a HDMI extender for both devices. So one plugged into the dvr then running a cat 6 cable up to another extender which is plugged into the TV?

[jeromephone 6]

yes . Check out PI Mfg or search for HDMI Externder over Cat 6 and you will find several mfgs.

[Pauld75 0]

yes . Check out PI Mfg or search for HDMI Externder over Cat 6 and you will find several mfgs.

 

Thank you

[sipxstream 0]

Paul,

 

I'm in the exact same situation. Did you ever come up with a suitable solution - if so, would you mind sharing it?

 

Many thanks,

[SpyrosK 0]

You could also use a modulator. You convert the digital signal of dvr-nvr to analog and you feed this signal to your central antenna splitter. Then you find your dvr with a simple channel search.With this option you can view your cameras with all your TV's in your house(without running cables to each TV).

[Tronic-Extreme 0]

Cat5 to VGA is also an option, let me know if you need any more information on these