Can TV be run through Ethernet

Question

Ok so I just bought an old 2 story house with an extremely small crawl space that does not have any telephone, cable, or Ethernet ran in it. I would like for my 3 bed rooms, the living room, the dining room, and possibly the kitchen to have a combination of Internet access and TV.

I already tried wireless but because of the old power wires and the materials in the walls, reception is very poor unless I'm in closet with the router.

I accept the fact that I need to run cables in the house however, I do not want to run both CAT6 and Coax. My current plan is to run 3 Ethernet cables per junction box per room. One for internet, one for TV, one for home audio control/MISC.

My Question: What are my options of running TV through Ethernet cabling? I want to avoid expensive bridging systems if possible!

Thanks.

Answer 1

You're referring to distributing TV over Ethernet or Cat 5E/6 cable. I think something like this is what you are looking for. http://www.avdeals.com/dvi/cat5tx.htm There's also a pretty good article on the subject here: http://hiddenwires.co.uk/resourcesarticl...

Answer 2

The best idea I have for that is using a Slingbox and SlingCatcher to do IPTV.  I'm sure there are other systems too but I don't know what they are.

It would be far chaper and easier to run 2 Cat5 cables and 1 RG6 Quad-Core to every room.  Then you have them for later...as long as you're running cable just get it done with and you know it's there.

If you don't mind a little more expense you can run eithernet over coax using MoCA to RJ45Eithernet bridge adapters.  This is how Verizon FiOS sends their internet into homes without rewireing...then you'd only need one Cat5 and one coax.

EDIT:

I know I said Cat5...same difference, if you're doing Gigabyte networking Cat6 would be better.