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Gear / Technical Help => Playback Forum => Topic started by: Justy Gyee on April 27, 2021, 04:28:46 PM
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thinking of using a splitter to send a signal to each room for stuff life baseball games and concert streams where having multiple rooms playing the same thing could be useful.
Ive got a few walls open in the house that will allow me to run cables to each room.
what kind of draw backs am i facing? :shrug:
im not trying to 4k the house, so using longer hmdi cables doesnt seem like too much an issue.
ideally i put the splitter some place that i can turn it off when not needing to duplicate signals.
any feedback is welcomed :alert:
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thinking of using a splitter to send a signal to each room for stuff life baseball games and concert streams where having multiple rooms playing the same thing could be useful.
Ive got a few walls open in the house that will allow me to run cables to each room.
what kind of draw backs am i facing? :shrug:
im not trying to 4k the house, so using longer hmdi cables doesnt seem like too much an issue.
ideally i put the splitter some place that i can turn it off when not needing to duplicate signals.
any feedback is welcomed :alert:
you would probably save a lot of money looking at ethernet / fiber to hdmi on the cable runs
also you may be able to do this in a software sync.
I have multiple rooms with amazon fire sticks etc feeding the content. You may find that is easier / less expensive / more flexible if they can sync playback or if a software option exists to do that (depending on how you feed content to your current setup)
the inexpensive HDMI splitter i just picked up from amazon came with a remote etc as well (for easy on off etc)
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I used to have a couple splitters for this exact reason. I like to watch live sports synched perfect in living room, kitchen, and back patio.
I have since upgraded TVs. The old splitters no longer work. Bought a new splitter, worked for awhile, then stopped working.
I asked the local A/V pros, and basically, the (weak/unfortunate) answer is that different TVs work different/funny with different splitters and cables. The only way to know if they work is to try them. I had to try several initially to get it to work. It has been on my "to-do" list for some time now to find a new one. I ran the cables up my walls and across the attic. Just need a new splitter now to make it work again. It is odd, because a particular splitter may work for a few moments or minutes, then just drop out. Best I know you just have to experiment.
Good Luck! Please share results if you succeed!