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Three HDMI splitters on one output?
Deacon1972
05-04-2012
We have a conservatory going up in a few days, I have already run an HDMI cable from the front room ready to feed the TV that's going in there.

My current setup is HDMI from Sky to amp, then I have a splitter on the amps HDMI output which feeds the TV/PJ in the front room, to save swapping cables over when we want Sky in the conservatory would fitting another splitter on the Sky box HDMI output work?

We also have a TV being installed in the small bedroom, could I use another splitter on the HDMI that feeds the conservatory to feed the TV in the bedroom?

Only one of the TV's will be on at any one time.

Is there a better solution without running new cables?

Cheers
chrisjr
05-04-2012
I suspect the better solution is to use a 3 or 4 way HDMI distribution amplifier. Daisy chaining splitters might work OK but a single box would be neater.

Also what distance do you need to go to get to the bedroom? It might be worth looking at HDMI to CAT5 extenders and run a couple of cheap CAT 5 cables rather than one expensive HDMI lead.
Deacon1972
05-04-2012
Originally Posted by chrisjr:
“I suspect the better solution is to use a 3 or 4 way HDMI distribution amplifier. Daisy chaining splitters might work OK but a single box would be neater.

Also what distance do you need to go to get to the bedroom? It might be worth looking at HDMI to CAT5 extenders and run a couple of cheap CAT 5 cables rather than one expensive HDMI lead.”

Agree, a distribution amp would be ideal, it would work for the TV, PJ in the front room and the TV in the conservatory but, running an extra cable, whether an HDMI or cat 5 is not an option for the TV in the bedroom. Originally the TV in the bedroom was only going to have a Blu ray hooked up to it, now Sky HD is needed, in hindsight I should have run another cable, but my thoughts were elsewhere during the renovation work.

I'm wondering if I use a distribution amp for every thing else except the TV in the bedroom and just buy a repeater and extend the HDMI from the conservatory to the bedroom and swap thd cables over when needed, it's only for the kids when they come round. Only issue I can think of whether it would work is it would extend the 20m HDMI to 27.5m.
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