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<blockquote data-quote="mesaka" data-source="post: 158070" data-attributes="member: 176060">So after a lot of exploring it indeed seems that the cost of doing what I want is, so far, rather prohibitive.&nbsp; I did find a company with a solution but it is really out of my league in terms of cost.&nbsp; The company has a product called EDbox and it costs around 13-15K (euro's).&nbsp; I quote below some interesting figures regarding the overhead&quot;The current EDBoX provides audio and video compression, at a user selectable bit rate,&nbsp; between 500kb and 5 Mbit from 1.5 Mbit/sec. with full D1 (720 x 576) resolution.&nbsp;&nbsp; In fact, most of our customers use EDBox for real-time broadcasting over IP (or an E1 line) between 2-3 Mbit in full D1 resolution.&quot;I also took a look at the slingbox (PAL version out later this quarter) which is perhaps half the way there in that it does the encoding and transmission section.&nbsp; I would then need to do the decoding part on a PC and then go via a TV out card...Finally I took a look at using a microsoft media center PC (I can at least justify a new PC to SWMBO this way!) and an Xbox 360 - it seems to offer the most likely route but again its not a cheap option!At present I think I will just have to put up with my not so great wireless transmitter soution although I will try an improved ariel...assuming I can find one.&nbsp; I'm also a bit worried about the bandwith as I also have a cordless 'phone and wireless internet....It seems to me that there will be a market for this sort of thing in the future - any entrepeneurs around???<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="mesaka, post: 158070, member: 176060"] So after a lot of exploring it indeed seems that the cost of doing what I want is, so far, rather prohibitive. I did find a company with a solution but it is really out of my league in terms of cost. The company has a product called EDbox and it costs around 13-15K (euro's). I quote below some interesting figures regarding the overhead "The current EDBoX provides audio and video compression, at a user selectable bit rate, between 500kb and 5 Mbit from 1.5 Mbit/sec. with full D1 (720 x 576) resolution. In fact, most of our customers use EDBox for real-time broadcasting over IP (or an E1 line) between 2-3 Mbit in full D1 resolution." I also took a look at the slingbox (PAL version out later this quarter) which is perhaps half the way there in that it does the encoding and transmission section. I would then need to do the decoding part on a PC and then go via a TV out card... Finally I took a look at using a microsoft media center PC (I can at least justify a new PC to SWMBO this way!) and an Xbox 360 - it seems to offer the most likely route but again its not a cheap option! At present I think I will just have to put up with my not so great wireless transmitter soution although I will try an improved ariel...assuming I can find one. I'm also a bit worried about the bandwith as I also have a cordless 'phone and wireless internet.... It seems to me that there will be a market for this sort of thing in the future - any entrepeneurs around???:D [/QUOTE]

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