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We are looking at an upgrade to our Audio Visual system (projector, screen, laptop plugins etc) and the company we have doing it, is suggesting we can run a single Ethernet (Cat5/6E) cable and then have a converter on both ends to convert the signal.
This is future proof to a certain extend as I guess any new wire types can just be converted.
I'm wondering if this is common / best practice when running new audio visual cabling?
What research have you done on the topic? Audio Video Bridging
– CharlieRB – 2016-01-05T13:59:19.4502Well, Cat-x cabling is ubiquitous, general purpose, and has high performance over long distances than is common for AV focused cabling. I believe that the ubiquity is the reason for this recommendation, in that once onto Cat-X media, the transmissions can be sent wherever it is needed, through the entities network, and decoded/converted wherever you want it to come out. This allows it to work into most building's wireing schemes with little of the difficulty involved in running use-specific point-to-point cabling. – Frank Thomas – 2016-01-05T13:59:25.443
2We have this type of setup in multiple areas of my organization. Our longest run for conversion is about 250'. Works great! – Tim – 2016-01-05T14:09:36.150
@FrankThomas Thanks. If you put your comment as an answer I will accept it. – Toby Allen – 2016-01-05T14:14:53.887
It's not "Ethernet" cable if the CAT5/6 cable is not carrying an Ethernet signal any more.. – sawdust – 2016-01-05T19:34:51.997