Several Sources on Two Screens

RonnieL

Hi Guys,

I have a fairly complicated setup in my sitting room where I have an NTL box, DVD recorder, and media streamer connected up to my ancient 28 inch CRT and a projector, via an AV receiver. It all works fine - I've attached a jpeg that shows how everything is connected (ExistingSetup.jpg).

I just bought a new LCD TV to replace the CRT, and I'm hoping to get SKY HD+ fairly soon, so I'm wondering how best to wire everything up. I've attached a jpeg outlining what I'd hope to do (DesiredSetup.jpg). In the diagram, I have a "splitter" between the AV receiver and the screens. I'm assuming such a thing exists, but everything I've found online seems to be geared towards connecting several sources to one display, not the other way around. Can someone point me in the right direction? I obviously don't want to spend a fortune, but I don't want something that'll bugger up the quality either. I just want something that I can switch to one position for the projector, and the other for the tv.

Also, if ye have any other ideas on my plan, I'd be very interested in hearing them!

Cheers,

Ronan

big_moe

yeah a lot of the higher spec'd AV receivers will have dual HDMI outputs so that would cover you there. or you can buy fairly cheap HDMI splitters

amp - http://www.eu.onkyo.com/products/TX-NR808.html

or

splitter - http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=224915&OrderCode=N08GF

adam

RonnieL

big_moe wrote: »

yeah a lot of the higher spec'd AV receivers will have dual HDMI outputs so that would cover you there. or you can buy fairly cheap HDMI splitters

amp - http://www.eu.onkyo.com/products/TX-NR808.html

or

splitter - http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=224915&OrderCode=N08GF

adam

Cheers Adam.

The amp I have is an onkyo, but not a high end one so just the one hdmi output I'm afraid. That splitter looks like it might be what I'm after. Although I don't really have a requirement to be able to watch both screens simultaneously - anyone have any recommendations with that in mind?

RonnieL

FYI, I ordered this off ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230546643585&ssPageName=ADME:L:OU:US:1123

I'm hoping it'll suit my needs, since I don't want to have both screens on at the same time. I'm really just hoping to avoid having to plug cables in and out. If that doesn't work I might buy something like the one you suggested Adam.

Thanks again for the reply.