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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><br><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color:rgb(255, 51, 0);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px;background-color:rgb(227, 227, 227)"><strong style="line-height:15px;font-weight:bold">Note:</strong> No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.</span><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 11:23:30 -0400<br>Subject: Re: FW: [GRLUG] VGA / video question<br>From: tangenmark@gmail.com<br>To: ironmike52@hotmail.com<br><br><p dir="ltr">We do a 125' run using a passive DVI over CAT6 converter and DVI to HDMI converter:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">this conversation popped up on the local linux user board. also, John-Thomas was our fill in preacher from Calvary Church between Pastors. <br>
I tried to help him with some of the stuff we learned doing our video screen setup. anything you can add might help.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mike</p>
<p dir="ltr">Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.</p>
<p dir="ltr">> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:21:50 -0400<br>
> From:<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org"> jtr@jrichards.org</a><br>
> To:<a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org"> grlug@grlug.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] VGA / video question<br>
> <br>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 05:23:23PM -0400, Mike Miller wrote:<br>
> > > From:<a href="mailto:jtr@jrichards.org"> jtr@jrichards.org</a><br>
> > > This is not strictly Linux-related so please indulge me.<br>
> > > <br>
> > > We bought a couple 65" TVs (cheaper than a projector/screen) for Sunday<br>
> > > morning worship services (lyric projection, etc.). I have a laptop with<br>
> > > Ubuntu running OpenLP (open source lyric projection). The TVs do not<br>
> > > have a VGA connector and the laptop only has a VGA connector. I bought<br>
> > > two VGA->HDMI adapters. When I connect the laptop to this with a short<br>
> > > VGA cable (~6') I get full 1920x1080. This runs through a 4-port VGA<br>
> > > video splitter, also with a ~6' cable. Works as it should. However, when<br>
> > > I connect a 75' video cable from the laptop to the splitter Ubuntu only<br>
> > > wants 1024x768 (verified via 'xrandr -q' on the CLI). This seems like a<br>
> > > loss of video signal. Would a VGA signal booster eliminate this? I don't<br>
> > > want to spend more money without being sure. This seems plain to me, but<br>
> > > I want to make sure I am not missing anything.<br>
> > > <br>
> > This is Mike from Brightside Church. Your problem is that hdmi<br>
> > doesn't travel over 50 feet without an amplifier. We tried to do the<br>
> > same thing with the same results. <br>
> > What we ended up doing was to convert the signal with a hdmi to cat5<br>
> > adapter and then back again at the projector. <br>
> <br>
> The HDMI portion is just six feet. If I boost the signal over the<br>
> longest distance (from the laptop to the VGA splitter) will this work?<br>
> CAT5 sounds great but given the VGA to HDMI conversion (with a signal<br>
> split before the conversion) I'm not sure that's a viable option.<br>
> -- <br>
> john-thomas<br>
> -----<br>
> Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.<br>
> Edgard Varese, composer (1885-1965)<br>
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