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If I get a DirecTV HD Tivo...

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...what are my options for getting the HD signal from the basement setup, where the receiver is, to the living room upstairs?

Does it have to require running cables?
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You have to run cables. There are no wireless HD signal transmitters other than the television broadcast towers. Component video cables are cheap is you make them from RG-59. Long HDMI cables are very expensive even from the discount cable stores. Don't even think about using Monster brand HDMI cables.

-Robert
Incorrect.

There are solutions, simple Google search found the following. Check out the avs forum for more solutions.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=438
A 100 ft HDMI cable from monoprice runs just under a hundred bucks. 25 foot cables are in the $30 range.

Component cables are harder to run as you need three plus audio (optical or stereo) meaning 4 to 5 lines. And aren't that much cheaper (a 5 line 100 ft cable is in the $80 range).
TonyD79 said:
Component cables are harder to run as you need three plus audio (optical or stereo) meaning 4 to 5 lines. And aren't that much cheaper (a 5 line 100 ft cable is in the $80 range).
Fifteen 50' cables (component video plus R/L audio x 3) was $80. 1,000' of RG-59 and RCA ends all from Ebay.

Fahtrim said:
Incorrect.

There are solutions, simple Google search found the following. Check out the avs forum for more solutions.

http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=438
Not exactly what the OP is looking for. He wants HD from his receiver wirelessly transmitted to his TV. No mention about streaming HD from a PC server.

-Robert
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