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ashtoash · Dec 30, 2004, 02:30 AM

I need to have the iSight 50 feet away from my computer (it has to be an iSight, no other webcam) How should I go about this? I've seen firewire repeaters at Fry's electronics but I'm not sure this is going to do it.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

aaanorton · Dec 30, 2004, 10:14 AM

FW repeaters work well. I used to use an Orange Micro repeater without problems. You can also find long FW cables. 30'ers are fairly common, but there are longer ones, though all of these are a bit pricey. Gefen makes some nice 30' cables. Google for longer options.

ashtoash · Dec 30, 2004, 12:52 PM

The repeaters look pricey, I'll probably need to get at least two of them. Are there any other RCA/PCI (perhaps) combination 30fps video in web type cameras? The only reason I want this is I'm going to use the Mac with a combination of software for security

bmhome1 · Jan 1, 2005, 11:35 PM

PCCables.com has firewire repeater 16 foot lengths for under $20 each.