Cat5e will work fine for HDMI, and indeed, probably for anything you'd need in your house. That said, the primary expense in cabling is the labor, not the materials, so running Cat6 is generally not dramatically more expensive. I personally prefer to run Cat6 for future proofing, unless the cost is dramatically different. Cat6 is somewhat harder to work with and terminate properly than Cat5e is, so you'd want to make sure your installers are capable of doing it correctly. My multi-room TV solution is not the best you can do, but it works for us. I have coax and network run to each room with a TV, and a Tivo there. That allows me to watch live TV, and I can also watch recordings from any other Tivo in the house, as well as Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu etc. I also have a file server that has some saved video and audio content on it. The Tivos can play that over the network from any room. And I have a blu-ray player in each room for playing discs. It's not what some would call a "whole house" solution, but it works really well for us. Yes, it would be more convenient to not have to put a disc in every time we want to watch a blu-ray. But the alternatives for that are either a pain or expensive (or both). The coolest way to go is something like Kaleidescape, which gives you a true whole-house movie library with no discs. But it's insanely expensive. You can rip your DVDs, but it's time consuming and most of the solutions for playing them back aren't that great in my opinion, especially if you have non-technical people using it (which is true for most of us, and even those of us who are technical don't necessarily want a challenge when we're kicking back to watch a movie). You could have a central disc player and distribute the video, but then that leaves you having to go there to put in the discs, and the only real benefit is that it saves you the cost of a player in each room. Blu-ray players are cheap. There are tons of things you can do, but I think a lot of it is overkill for most people. A Tivo and a disk player in each room with cable and network is a good way to go. Or even skip the disc player if you don't watch many discs.

I got the device yesterday. I installed it and tried it out some. It's fairly straight forward to install and use. It will suit my needs just fine. It captures video in a transport screen (.ts) and then converts it to mpeg2. So far I have only got it to work with the included video software. (WinTV 7). I tried Windows Movie Maker and I got sound but not video. I tried VirtualDub video processor but I got nothing when I tried to capture video. It didn't work at all. So far it will fit my needs. It makes DVD quality mpeg2 video. Pooh Bear

Here's all of it..I didn't know if it would all come through on here, but I think it does: Operating System new � server roles System Model Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600) Install Language: English (United States) System Locale: English (United States) Installed: 12/14/2006 8:46:58 AM Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7700p Convertible Minitower System Serial Number: MXL64800ZF Asset Tag: MXL64800ZF Chassis Serial Number: MXL64800ZF Enclosure Type: Mini-Tower Processor a Main Circuit Board b 2.13 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo 64 kilobyte primary memory cache 2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache 64-bit ready Multi-core (2 total) Not hyper-threaded Board: Hewlett-Packard 0A58h Serial Number: MXL64800ZF Bus Clock: 1066 megahertz BIOS: Hewlett-Packard 786E1 v01.05 08/30/2006 new USB Storage Use in past 30 Days (mouse over last used for details) new Hosted Virtual Machines (mouse over name for details) Last Used HP Photosmart C5180, rev 1.00 6/17/2012 8:25:26 AM* * Possibly used again before the reboot following this time. None discovered Drives new � drive encryption Memory Modules c,d 491.41 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 432.05 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H31L [Optical drive] ST3250824AS [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 9ND0B8Y3, rev 3.AHJ, SMART Status: Healthy WDC WD2500AAKX-083CA1 [Hard drive] (250.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WCAYV0892374, rev 17.01H17, SMART Status: Healthy 2032 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Slot 'XMM1' has 1024 MB (serial number 110CAEC5) Slot 'XMM2' is Empty Slot 'XMM3' has 1024 MB (serial number 140CB19A) Slot 'XMM4' is Empty Local Drive Volumes new � volume encryption c: (NTFS on drive 0) * 241.35 GB 193.94 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 1) 250.06 GB 238.10 GB free * Operating System is installed on c: Network Drives None discovered Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accounts last logon Administrator 6/18/2012 12:16:11 PM (admin) local system accounts Admin never (admin) ASPNET never Guest never HelpAssistant never SUPPORT_388945a0 never Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account HP Photosmart C5100 series on USB003 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port: Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort: Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller Intel(R) ICH8 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2820 Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x) Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x) Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series [Display adapter] Acer V223W [Monitor] (22.0"vis, s/n ETLC3081381320C9224238, August 2011) Bus Adapters Multimedia Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2831 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 283A AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio Virus Protection [Back to Top] Group Policies Microsoft Security Essentials Version 4.0.1526.0 Scan Engine Version 1.1.8403.0 Virus Definitions Version 1.127.2180.0 Realtime File Scanning On Microsoft Security Essentials Version 2.1.6805.0 Virus Definitions Version Up To Date Realtime File Scanning Off None discovered Communications new � connection speed & status Other Devices U.S. Robotics V92 Fax PCI [Modem] ↑ Intel(R) 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.10 / 24 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1 Physical Address: 00:0F:FE:48:02:BF Networking Dns Server: 192.168.1.1 USB Human Interface Device Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard HID-compliant mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse Generic USB Hub USB Root Hub (6x) See your entire network map... click for Belarc's System Management products Network Map (mouse over IP address for physical address) [Back to Top] IP Device Type Device Details Device Roles 192.168.1.1 Router Netgear DHCP Server, Gateway, Domain Name Server, Web Server 192.168.1.10 Windows XP Workstation Pcs4464 (in WORKGROUP) Print Server, Browse Master Find your security vulnerabilities... click for Belarc's System Management products Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes [Back to Top] All required security hotfixes (using the 06/12/2012 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary) have been installed. Hotfixes from Microsoft Update (agent version 7.4.7600.226) wait for download and install approval. Last install: 6/4/2012 7:41:09 AM, download: 6/4/2012 7:39:20 AM, check: 6/18/2012 5:13:47 AM.

I have already posted this on another forum but here's our card for this year. Amos and Andi are 5 years old and are brother and sister Minilabradoodles. Asher - my GS is 29 months. Amos and Andi learned "place" at puppy school and I used it the first year to get a good picture. Every year since when I pull out their jinglecollars, they run and place for me. Asher was the one I had trouble getting to stay still - about 40 pictures and this was the only one that was "almost" perfect.