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Best to use an amplified splitter

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In Reply to: How do I split composite video output? posted by tragus on February 08, 2002 at 22:46:41:

These are pretty cheap, at Radio Shack or Wal-Mart among others. I use one from Black Box, maybe way too expensive for your consideration but works excellently, besides having amplifiers that easily send the "split" high rez VGA (much higher rez than any TV-type video) signals ~200' and they still look EXCELLENT. So, it doesn't take too much tech to make a good splitter. I have never seen a Y made of video coax, but even if there is one the impedance problems alone would lead to degraded signal quality instantly, regardless of cable length.

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Splitters tested head to head - tragus 18:49:12 02/13/02 (0)
Thanks for the advice. I ended up buying an amplified composite splitter at Radio shack and a Y cable at Circuit City because the guy said it would do the same job. I tested them head to head with 3 foot cables on either side and found there was a marked difference between them. The amplified splitter looked the same as if I hooked the VCR directly to the TV. The Y cable had very noticeable degredation in the picture. I hope this helps someone else.

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