cable boxes

[iroccragg]

any way to get around using a shaw cable box

wall mounted tv and nowhere to put the huge cable box, dont want to use any shevles want a clean look. why cant they make a small compact unit.

[BigShow]

Do you have a conduit in your wall, run the hdmi's behind the wall, have some sort of cabinet above the floor for your shaw box?

[eblend]

RF remote and a box in a closet, thats your only option pretty much. Monoprice sells wireless HDMI units which can get around the HDMI cable in wall issue if you can't run a physical cable.

[Rhystar]

get a gateway lol the portals are tiny and hideable + they come with an rf reciever

[Rhystar]

oh ps... the shitty SD dct700 box is the size of a mousepad.. kinda.. but then again it is shitty standard def

[iroccragg]

there is a cable in the wall, tv is mounted over a full height room dividing fireplace so not sure how to go about it
total newb dont know what a RF remote is?

[Mitsu3000gt]

RF is radio frequency rather than a standard infra red remote. RF goes through walls and has huge range. Thats what I'd use, then you only need to worry about the cable.

[dirtsniffer]

my motorola ccable box came with an infra red extension, probably about 4 meters long.

My PVR is pretty low and when I'm on my couch I can't see it, so I just ran the extension up to by my tv and the receiver has a glue pad on the back so I just stuck it to the corner of my tv. you cant notice it and it works great.