Length of cables from source?

[Causality]

Well Y'all I dropped the $350 on the AIW8500DV. So far so good. (The RF remote rocks!!! Mp3 server heaven!) I've got my DSS receiver hooked into the coax network in the house. Good enough for watchin' the news in bed but not for burning SVCDs from PPVs. I need to run S-Video and composite video and audio from the DSS receiver in the living room to the PC. It's about 45 feet. I checked ratshack for an amplifier. $299!!! Do I need it? The bank's about busted after the new PC. Is anyone out there in a similar situation and how's it working?

[herbapou]

I doing the same thing but I got the feeling I am loosing quality. I use 2 15 feet RCA cables to get from my DSS receiver to the PC.

Tonight, I will bringing my DSS receiver close to my PC and see if the quality improve with shorter cables and let you know about it. (if I can remember). Too bad my card doesnt have S-video in...

[menace]

I just finished wiring up my place (to my girlfriend's dismay :P ) So i have a 40 foot run of composite (video+audio) running from sattelite to PC. In comparison to when they (PC and sat) were side by side I would say the video quality is A-OK. Make sure you use a cable with shielded video and good solid connections. I went to a electronic surplus place and got the male-to-male adapter and spliced 4 ten footers together--make sure connections are solid ( I had a cat play with mine ). To answere your questions, it is possible and video is solid.

[Causality]

Thanks! I guess i need to go buy some wire. I had already thought about the video shielding. Would coax soldered to rca ends make a good composite video cable. I can't find any bulk shielded 2 conductor wire. And, for S-Video would cat5 (using 4 conductors) work?

[menace]

You know i considered the coax-rca connection thing and rejected it because I'm not that handy at splicing coax. I always end up with a real dirty and loose connection. But, if you're handy with that, then I think that would work well, make sure you get RG-6 cable instead of RG-59 (better shielding) as far as the cat5 cable goes I hadn't considered that, hmmm.. I guess as long as all your pins have a corresponding wire path, that would probably work--check wire gauge though--Cat5 might be kind of small for a video connection--I don't know for sure though--if it works make sure you post some results so the rest of us can re-wire the house