1 x PS3 to 2 x HDTVs

tonyyeb

tonyyeb

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Hi all

I want to be able to use my PS3 in two rooms. One TV is right next to the PS3 but the other would need a cable of around 20m. Would a simple HDMI splitter and 20m cable do the job?

Thanks in advance for any help
 
I've found a HDMI over CAT5 amplifier which does 1080p upto 30m and handles HDCP. Available on ebay for £40 BIN. Might give that a go. Anyone else got one of these?
 
Sorry to hijack but it's similar, is it possible to get a VGA splitter? If so, would it affect the quality of the XBox picture?
 
FC1983 said:
Sorry to hijack but it's similar, is it possible to get a VGA splitter? If so, would it affect the quality of the XBox picture?
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VGA splitters arent an issue - and even reasonably cheap ones dont deteriorate the signal

orderoftheflame said:
I thought there was big problems using HDMI splitters because of HDCP?

I might be wrong but I think you need a switch rather than a splitter.
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I understood this to be the case also
 
You can definitely get HDMI splitters and when I was looking, they weren't expensive at all.

HDCP is not a problem either.

The problem you'll have is with the distance, but with decent cable you should be ok.
 
tonyyeb said:
I've found a HDMI over CAT5 amplifier which does 1080p upto 30m and handles HDCP. Available on ebay for £40 BIN. Might give that a go. Anyone else got one of these?
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You should grab one of them, a 20m HDMI cable itself will be pretty expensive, with CAT5, if the cable ever wears and breaks, you can replace it extremely cheaply.
 
Looks like i'm going to try HDMI over CAT5 and give a £5 HDMI splitter from ebay a try. If the splitter doesn't work then I did find a powered HDMI splitter which states it is HDCP compliant.
 
This was supposed to be a feature of the PS3 before it came out - I remember Kutaragi bragging about how you could connect several HDTVs to one PS3 (as it had several HDMI ports which have since been removed) but that never saw the light of day. It was also claimed that it was possible to have all the games running at 1080p at 120 frames per second, for each HDTV. That never saw the light of day either.
 
KNiVES said:
This was supposed to be a feature of the PS3 before it came out - I remember Kutaragi bragging about how you could connect several HDTVs to one PS3 (as it had several HDMI ports which have since been removed) but that never saw the light of day. It was also claimed that it was possible to have all the games running at 1080p at 120 frames per second, for each HDTV. That never saw the light of day either.
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It even had a 4 port network switch and the ability for 7 players across two screens at E3! What a load of tosh, I bet the PS4 will be announced with 4k res gaming and the ability to play 24 player on its built in projector. All in autostereoscopic 3d.
 
And has no relevance to my opening questions. Just what you need when you ask a question like I have done, people coming saying "It was in the original spec... shame you don't live in a parallel universe where they didn't remove it."
 
tonyyeb said:
I've found a HDMI over CAT5 amplifier which does 1080p upto 30m and handles HDCP. Available on ebay for £40 BIN. Might give that a go. Anyone else got one of these?
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Well I went for one of these and it is fab. Great picture quality, full 1080p from my PS3 and all over two runs of 15m CAT5e cable. Now for the cheapo HDMI splitter... if that doesn't work then onto the powered splitter.
 
tonyyeb said:
I've found a HDMI over CAT5 amplifier which does 1080p upto 30m and handles HDCP. Available on ebay for £40 BIN. Might give that a go. Anyone else got one of these?
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I'll be having these in my whole house setup, and they're widely used by members on AVForums, so I'd say give it a go.

You want a HDMI distribution to send a single source over multiple outputs, or a HDMI matrix to send multiple sources over multiple outputs.

EDIT: I see you went with it. What brand did you get? Does it do IR passthrough and optical?
 
I bought an HDMI splitter off the bay a few years ago.
At the time it was £40, which was quite cheap for a splitter.

It came from China, a little black box, 3 HDMI in 2 out.
I have it connected to my TV and projector, and it can power both displays simultaneously, and comes with an IR remote to switch inputs (which I've programmed my universal remote for)

Works well enough, I get 1080p24 out of it, and as I say, powers two displays, even at the same time.

Only thing is, it came with a two pin power plug, so I had to pop down to the electrical shop, and get one of those adaptors to convert 2 pin to UK 3 pin plug... same size as a European power plug.

Vin.
 
tonyyeb said:
I'm using it with a PS3 so I don't need IR passthrough. And do you mean optical for surround sound?
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Yes. Some of the HDMI baluns allow optical passthrough aswell as the HDMI signal.

They're a bit more expensive but do allow extra flexibility if you want to distribute the PS3 picture around the home.

EDIT: This is what I'm talking about.. it won't split the signal (you need a splitter or matrix as mentioned ^), but it will send 1080p over 2x CAT 5/6.



Obviously, the one pictured doesn't do IR or optical passthrough.
 
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