HDMI over the LAN CAT6 for Mac Mini

The Mac Mini setup:
Living room: Mac Mini as a media player wired to Panasonic 3D plasma.
Bed room: Apple Display
How could I use one Mac Mini as a player/computer in the living room, AND bedroom?
Should I pass a HDMI cable from the living room to the bedroom, (under the parquet), and connect a HDMI splitter with the Mac Mini (one HDMI to Panasonic plasma and one HDMI to the Apple Display)?
The length of the HDMI cable would have to be 15m
Is this the only possibility? I won't need to use different content @ the same time in both rooms.
The problem would be that when I will be in the bedroom in front of the Apple Display, the wireless keyboard and the Magic Mouse, will have to pass the signal trough a wall to the Mac Mini that will be in the living room, next to the TV.
I have a CAT6 network, 2 sockets in the living room, (behind the TV), and 1 socket in the bedroom. It's possible to use the network with HDMI signal with one sender, and one receiver, but both will need two CAT 6 sockets in each room. I have only 1 in the bedroom.
There are any other options available that I don't know about?

MacMagnus wrote:
Ok, thanks!
If I could ask another question regarding this... is 30 Hz poor even for desktop work? Or movies.
I believe the 30Hz is progressive and therefore for movies/video would normally look quite good. However for sports e.g. soccer which has a fast moving object i.e. the ball it would be less good. I have also seen comments suggesting that for computer use it is also less desirable particularly when you are scrolling as this entails affectively the entire screen image 'moving fast'.
This is not based on personal use as I cannot afford a 4K screen yet myself. However for DVDs 24p is considered a to give a good image for movies and this I can confirm from personal experience so 30p should be even better. Obviously 60p is better still but for that you need either a Mac Pro, iMac or MacBook Pro Retina.
It is probably going to depend on what you will be using it for. Perhaps you should consider spending a little more for a MacBook Pro Retina which can do 60 Hz.
See Using 4K displays and Ultra HD TVs with Mac computers - Apple Support

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If I could ask another question regarding this... is 30 Hz poor even for desktop work? Or movies.
I believe the 30Hz is progressive and therefore for movies/video would normally look quite good. However for sports e.g. soccer which has a fast moving object i.e. the ball it would be less good. I have also seen comments suggesting that for computer use it is also less desirable particularly when you are scrolling as this entails affectively the entire screen image 'moving fast'.
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See Using 4K displays and Ultra HD TVs with Mac computers - Apple Support

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