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Splittling a hd signal/other connection ?'s (complicated)

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Hi. I want to split a satelitte receiver's hdmi signal to two tvs(my living room and my bedroom). I do have a hd tv in my Bedroom. The sat. receiver is in the living room with my big tv and i want to split the Sat. box to the Bedroom tv which also has an hdmi input. Thing is the bedroom has a 30 foot hdmi cable. Its that far from the box in the liv. room to the tv in the bedroom.

I have a Denon 3808 stereo receiver that has 4 HDMI inputs and a monitor HDMI output. What is the best/easiest way to do this? I know they sell HDMI splitters (such as those cheap 2 to 1 for about $20) I already tried this . It works but not correctly. Do i need to spend more on a powered splitter?

Also, and this is what complicates it (I think)....I don't want to have to turn the stereo receiver on to watch either tv unless there is something worth it(like a good concert or movie).

Thanks a million for any help! I will worship anyone who helps

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RE: Splittling a hd signal/other connection ?'s (complicated) - zane9 07:54:36 09/25/08 (0)
Chrisc, without getting into too much tech-talk, you are out of luck with the splitter idea: HDMI has HDCP built in, which prevents this splitting being successful. (copy protection). A solution is possible.

First, are you planning to use external speakers (like a typical 5.1 surround sound package) for either of the tv's?

Let's assume the living room has the surround sound setup: What I would do is hook up component-video cables to the sat. receiver's component-video out , and also either a coax or optical cable out of the sat. receiver into the Denon, and then component video out from the Denon into the living room tv. If the video does not look great, and if the tv supports the connection, then connect the component video cables directly to the living room tv.

Connect speaker cables to the denon, path them to the speakers, do the configuration tweaking and away you go.

For the bedroom tv, run HDMI cable out of the sat receiver into the bedroom tv (no Denon in the path). Use the built-in speakers in the bedroom tv. Done.

This should work.
RE: Splittling a hd signal/other connection ?'s (complicated) - Rondar 19:09:09 09/24/08 (0)
Since no one has answered, I'll take an uneducated stab. I'm thinking HDMI cables carry all of the signals ie video and audio. So, why wouldnt all of your signals pass through the reciever and have audio at the end of the cable where I assume you would just use the tv audio. then if something is good on, you could crank up the ole stereo.

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