Add to this a comfortable couch, popcorn at the ready, and several infrared remotes on that side table right next to you. Much of your equipment is installed inside a heavy-duty console cabinet for storage underneath your television, preventing the room from looking overly cluttered. You've got your large, flat screen television, surround sound speaker system, and high-definition Blu-ray player. Imagine yourself in an amazing entertainment room. I’ve also included a couple of the smaller and more conspicuous wired repeaters I could find - the BAFX Repeater Cable and Cable Matters 10-Foot Repeater. For repeater boxes, I’ve left the likes of the Inteset Technologies IR3856EM and the Gefone Kit GIRE0108, as well as the BAFX 54-5EXN Repeater which are very good, responsive options, especially the last one (though you may need to hide them in your cabinet somewhere). Some of the repeater boxes are still good, cheap options and they tend to be more responsive than the wireless options, though wireless models are just a lot more inconspicuous and less messy to deal with. I also removed the HDTV HookUp IRS6A because, while it was the least conspicuous model of them all, the installation just isn’t worth the effort and convenience (unless you’re a good electrician), and the price doesn’t really do justice to the effort either (it’s about as expensive as some of the wireless models). I’m quite a fan of the BlastIR because of its channel system, which allows you to add many of these devices and set up a complex web of repeaters for multiple systems in your house if you want. Plus, the PM5900 was struggling with lagging and other commonly-reported issues – not surprising since it was released more than a decade ago. For the same price, you can get products with significantly better ranges, like the StarTech IREXT2 and two of the newer models I’ve added - the Sewell Direct BlastIR and Fourair Wireless. While I favor wireless models for convenience’s sake, the PM5900 was comparatively expensive for its extension range of 100 feet, so I removed it. By converting the infrared signal into a radio frequency, the Next Generation Remote and the SIIG Pro can send the signal over much greater distances and even allow devices to be controlled from other rooms or from outside. For longer distances, a wireless repeater like the Sewell Direct BlastIR will give you more range, however, the transmitter and the receiver still need a line of sight with each other. For shorter distances or single device operation, a wired version such as the BAFX Repeater Cable should be sufficient. Depending on the distance the signal needs to be extended by, there are several methods to achieve the same result.
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