TV in the garage ? how
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You can get a Joey for the garage, wiring coax to the Joey from your Hopper as long it is 50' or less run. If you have Internet in the garage, and the TV supports DISH streaming or you have a tablet or computer you can stream content. You can get another Hopper installed up to 100' from the dish. These approaches will allow you to select the channel in the garage.
If you can live without channel control, you can run component video or
composite video up to about 150ft to get a signal to a TV.
If you can live without channel control, you can run component video or
composite video up to about 150ft to get a signal to a TV.
You can also run HDMI over Cat 6 and get HD video and channel control...
engineer2
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If you want what you have on DISH you can rent another DISH mini-client and run RG-6 through the wall. As said, there might be less expensive ways.
I put a 60" TV on my wall and bought a antenna from best buy I mounted in the attic of my garage. I get 43 channels, all my local channels, PBS, some movie channels and some old TV shows. It depends on where you live what your reception will be. go to www.fcc.gov and they have a reception map. I live about 45 miles south of Cleveland ohio
Crazyjake8493
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Assuming it's an attached garage, it should be easy to add a splitter and run coax to the garage. I made an antenna from copper wire and a board, and put it in my garage attic. I get 23 channels. You could also buy a cheap antenna.
JD3020
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We have Directv in our detached shop with its own dish. The cost to have the garage dish added was relatively low(around $100?been a few years) and on the bill its just counted as a second box/room. I just wish it was that easy to get WiFI out there. 
My garage is close enough to get a good WiFi signal. I have DISH, so I bought a roku stick to then my tv into a smart tv. Having dish pretty much all the major channels have an app that you can use for free being a dish customer. I’ve downloaded NFL Sunday ticket, CBS sports, Fox go and all the stuff like that. I just ordered a range extender to try to push signal to the back of my garage so I can move my tv to another more convenient location. WiFi range extenders are relatively cheap. It’s suppose to come in today so I will post an update when I get it all set up.
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finn
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Direct TV with coax from the house and a separate box.
Run is about 200’.
Shop is a mile away. I mounted a dish on the building and will aim it and rent an additional receiver in May, once the snow disappears.
Run is about 200’.
Shop is a mile away. I mounted a dish on the building and will aim it and rent an additional receiver in May, once the snow disappears.
ScottsGT
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My wife did this with a cable. Treadmill makes so much noise, she can't hear the TV. Now she wants me to amplify with speakers.
coljar
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Just tell her you will turn on the CC.
Lassen Forge
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Talked to my Dish guy about this when they came out to upgrade our equipment (6 year old Hopper and Joey, no wonder we were having issues)... He told me that we could "joey" off either the transmitter in the hopper, or if it didn't reach, they would run a hardwire connection to it, then once we had the ting in the shop you could wifi to a receiver on the TV.
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These days you just need an outlet to put a TV anywhere in your house. Depending upon where you live, an HD antenna may pull in a bunch of local stations in high definition. Or you can stream pretty much anything if you've got an internet connection and a smart TV or at least a streaming device like a Roku.
I have a Roku TV in my garage and I can stream just about anything. YouTube just came out with their new TV service on Roku and it's like $35/month for all available channels.
I have a Roku TV in my garage and I can stream just about anything. YouTube just came out with their new TV service on Roku and it's like $35/month for all available channels.
ScottsGT
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You're assuming she can read.
She'd kill me if she saw this.
That would drive her absolutely insane trying to read captioning while running on a treadmill.You're assuming she can read.
She'd kill me if she saw this.
2 Words.. Wireless Headset
ScottsGT
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Been looking for a set that I can plug either a blue tooth TX into the 1/8 mini and rx to her phone, or stand alone.
CJ7VFR
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I had a similar issue with the tv in our bedroom. I like to watch tv at night while laying in bed, but my wife would always tell me to turn the tv down because it was disturbing her. So the lower I made it meant I could not hear it.
I tried the TX/RX Bluetooth devices out there, but they all had so much lag between the sound and the picture that it made watching tv really weird. It was especially bad when someone on the screen would talk. I would see their mouths move, and then about a second later I would hear it. It was like watching one of those old Godzilla movies.
I bought a wireless headset and transmitter from Amazon and it works great. You attach the transmitter up to either the outputs of the tv or the outputs of a set top box, and then plug the transmitter cord into an electrical outlet to give it power.
You charge the headset up by plugging them into the 1/8 inch male jack that is on the transmitter. The charge lasts for a pretty long time, and the range of the headset is about 40 feet from the transmitter.
The headset has it's own volume control, so the tv volume can be turned all the way down if you want, so that no one can hear it except the person wearing the headset.
The downside is that since these are NOT Bluetooth, you have to have line-of-sight between the transmitter and headphones. The farther you get away from line-of-sight, the more interference they get.
This system costs about $40 bucks, so it was cheaper than buying a Bluetooth headset and some kind of Bluetooth transmitter. And this setup works better, at least for my application.
Here is what I have:
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ScottsGT
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I just looked up some BT TX's on Amazon. Seems that lag is the main issue.
CJ7VFR
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That is why I went with the wireless version I posted. The lag from the Bluetooth made it almost unbearable when watching a movie, or anything else that had people talking.
Jim
Unless you want to spend some big bucks on a bluetooth headset to avoid the lag issue - the other option is the old tried and true wifi type headset like those that Sennheiser makes.
There is a base unit that acts as a charger and the transmitter and is pretty easy to connect to your tv, depending on what you have available for outputs. To charge them you just place them on the 'cradle' as seen in the pic
The disadvantage is they can only be used with whatever you have the base connected to - where a true bluetooth headset can usually be paired to several devices
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001FTVEK/?tag=atomicindus08-20
There is a base unit that acts as a charger and the transmitter and is pretty easy to connect to your tv, depending on what you have available for outputs. To charge them you just place them on the 'cradle' as seen in the pic
The disadvantage is they can only be used with whatever you have the base connected to - where a true bluetooth headset can usually be paired to several devices
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001FTVEK/?tag=atomicindus08-20
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ratdoggy
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How do you get DISH channel control over HDMI?
James-W
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Depending on where you live an antenna might work out OK for you.
Instead of watching a TV show while exercising, what about watching a DVD instead?
Instead of watching a TV show while exercising, what about watching a DVD instead?
apollo11
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I use a laptop connected to a TV and can stream every and any channel I wish to.
You just need to be internet savvy
Sorry but the assumes your taste in TV programming is the same OP.......especially current season current episodes that are being sold.
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Check out Action Tech. I have a transmitter plugged into the Direct tv box in the master bedroom and an Action Tec receiver plugged into my tv in the garage and can watch whatever I want in the garage.
It takes the direct tv info from the master bedroom tv box and streams it to the garage tv receiver. They plug in using HDMI.
It takes the direct tv info from the master bedroom tv box and streams it to the garage tv receiver. They plug in using HDMI.
apollo11
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sorry you misunderstood
I can stream every and any channel there is
is that easier for you to understand?
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Ray-CA
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How about a small flat screen with a built in DVD player? Pop in your favorite hour long show and when it over, you have done your 40-min workout. Plus, no commercials.
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Ji m
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Playstation 4 slim is $300 brand new and good to stream movies from Amazon/Vudu/Neflix etc,
or just play from Bluray disc.
Also playing a game or two helps break the stress of building a project.
Side benefit is the PS4 can help get you into the garage more often and that can lead to getting things done (eventually).
Sound for the treadmill = wireless headphones for sure.
or just play from Bluray disc.
Also playing a game or two helps break the stress of building a project.
Side benefit is the PS4 can help get you into the garage more often and that can lead to getting things done (eventually).
Sound for the treadmill = wireless headphones for sure.