I want a TV in my kitchen

[willtel]

I've been spending more time in the evenings cooking and I think I'd like a small TV in my kitchen to keep my busy while stirring the sauce.

I have DirecTV and I don't really want to add another receiver just for a kitchen set. What are my options for using the receiver in the next room and display it in the kitchen? Running wires into the kitchen will be a challenge. Is some type of wireless extender possible?

Traditional Family Room design by New York Architect Crisp Architects

[bivenator]

I mounted my kitchen TV on an adjustable mount over the refrigerator, made use of some dead space. Can't help with any advice wrt direct TV. I must say that the kitchen tv gets more use than any other in the house.

[Moses]

Originally Posted by willtel

I've been spending more time in the evenings cooking and I think I'd like a small TV in my kitchen to keep my busy while stirring the sauce.

I have DirecTV and I don't really want to add another receiver just for a kitchen set. What are my options for using the receiver in the next room and display it in the kitchen? Running wires into the kitchen will be a challenge. Is some type of wireless extender possible?

Traditional Family Room design by New York Architect Crisp Architects

DirecTV can now be viewed on some Samsung Smart TV's without a DirecTV receiver.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/samsung-smart-tv-directv-without-stb/

[Spud]

There is now a DirectTV app for the iPad that allows for viewing live or recorded shows from your DirectTV rec over wireless. Works great, your iPad becomes a completely mobile TV when within range of your wireless.

[intakexhaust]

What a coinkidink Just did the same last night for the kitchen. Being realistic, I could live without sat. or any cable but have to keep the household happy. However, here's the arrangement and using Dish Network with a single box . So far I'm pleased and have kept the bill minimal.

To begin with, the box we have is a dual tuner HD. Something like a Dish model 222.

The primary where the receiver sits is HD. The sat. remote is IR only to control both the TV and sat. box.

A secondary room, bedroom and now the kitchen are all piped with RGA 6 cable with a triple coupler. The secondary jack on the back of the receiver is UHF with a small antenna making it signal throughout the home and control the receiver box. (I had to remote elevate that little antenna, by adding a 6 foot RGA-6 cable and hide it to make the remotes in the other rooms work.). The secondary rooms all can operate the box and each TV has its own sat. remote that uses IR programed to each respectively.

All secondary room controllers are both UHF (to control the box only) and IR (to control the TV only).

The key was acquiring remote controls with the exact signal UHF (as printed on the back of them). A must to make them work. I opened the remotes and found it unable to change the frequency to match. But they are very cheap new on ebay, about $10 incl shipping.

The negative side is all the secondary's will be on the same channel. (The primary is on its own and is HD.) Also, the secondary's are not HD and are standard definition. That's probably due to the box I found and further won't accept an external hard drive.

In our house, thats not a big deal as there's enough other media to the TV's from disc players and a Netgear box for internet content, etc. The other plus with Dish is the free online so while on a network, it's perfect to send any program to that TV, without any additional box... no Solo or Slingbox!

Ebay has all these boxes dirt cheap to buy, so no rental or extra service fees from the sat. provider. All legal and quite neat how all this tech has lowered the monthly bill substantially and paying only for the programing with upgrade HD signal.

[VINMAN]

We have a 17 flat LCD mounted up in one corner.

[Hugh R]

I have Time Warner and can watch on my Ipad anywhere via wi-fi. Does your provider offer something similar?

[silverc4s]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

I have Time Warner and can watch on my Ipad anywhere via wi-fi. Does your provider offer something similar?

What Hugh said. I use my iPad in the garage, kitchen, throne room, always available. Picks up my Netflix sub also...

[porsche4life]

some cool stands on this list...

http://mashable.com/2012/06/16/kitchen-ipad-stands/#695431-Belkin-Kitchen-Cabinet-Mount

or....

http://www.amazon.com/New-GRIFFIN-GC16037-IPAD-CABINET-MOUNT/dp/B004Z1WIUU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_4

[TimT]

Last fall I put a 21"tv on a wall bracket in my kitchen. I wanted a clean install and didn't want to run any extra wiring since my house has plaster walls...

I got a articulating bracket from Monoprice for around $20, a 21" Vizio flat panel for around $199

And not wanting to have to run wires and get another STB I found a wireless 1080p HDMI transmitter/receiver system. It works really well.. MSRP is $139, I found it for less on Amazon...

Check out Brite-view Wireless 1080p HD Beam-to-TV Transmission Kit

I have a galley kitchen so I mounted the tv over an existing outlet, and it almost hides completely the plugs, HDMI receiver etc.