- Virtual CIO
How to Plan IT for an Office of 50 to 200 Staff
18 Mar, 2026







£174.29 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
The ATEN VE807 is one of those “just works” AV extender kits that’s really handy in meeting rooms, classrooms, and small offices where you need the signal to travel without messing around with laptops, adapters, or flaky wireless. For £145 ex-VAT, it’s solid value if your main requirement is reliable point-to-point transmission over a sensible distance and you don’t want to turn your install into a technical project. I’d buy this for straightforward setups: a single source going to a single display, predictable cabling runs, and teams that want something that behaves consistently day after day.
That said, I wouldn’t choose it if your expectations are broader than a basic AV extension. If you’re dealing with lots of changing sources, complex switching, or long-term “future-proof” scalability, extenders like this can end up feeling limiting and you’ll be better off with a proper distribution/switching approach. Also, if your environment is very noisy or the cable run is messy, no extender magically fixes poor installation—good cabling still matters. Overall: worth it for simple, dependable AV runs; not the one to pick if you’re building a more dynamic AV matrix.

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