Sandrust Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 I'm in the process of having a cabinet made which will house 2 plasmas back to back separated by a panel. The cabinet will be a room divider. On one side I'm hoping to put a 60", hopefully a Pioneer 608, on the other side will be my current Samsung 42" What's the cheapest and/or best way to have them display the same video source? Cheers All.
Sandrust Posted September 24, 2008 Author Posted September 24, 2008 HDMI splitter ? Yeah I thought of those but none of my AV gear, apart from the Samsung, has hdmi. I'll be upgrading each piece over the next year. Wanted to get the TV first. I looked at component distribution amps but they seem like overkill. I was hoping there was a simpler solution. Does the Pioneer or any plasma have a pass-thru option? Is there an AVamp that will send the same signal out of two outputs?
50mxe20 Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 I believe you can get "other" splitters. 4-way Component Video Splitters - any opinions?
Sandrust Posted September 24, 2008 Author Posted September 24, 2008 Just one question here, given the heat Plasmas generate is this viable? Good question. I've kept the heat thing in mind. The "cabinet" is very open with no "roof" over the plasmas. Between the plasmas is a 20mm panel and they'll sit about 400mm apart from each other. I'm hoping this won't cause any probs. If anyone's got any experience with a setup like this it would be good to hear. Sandy
Juicester Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) Certainly maybe worth asking a couple of Hi fi specialist stores mate as in "not jb hifi or hardley's" ? edit* - worth asking the manufacturer perhaps? Just tell them you have two of the same type (otherwise they may not want to help you). they'd have an idea as the operating requirements in terms of environmental constraints Edited September 24, 2008 by jcjuice
The D-Train Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 I tried back to back projectors but I just kept getting blinded.
Gutty Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 I tried back to back projectors but I just kept getting blinded.
Gutty Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 (edited) Yeah I thought of those but none of my AV gear, apart from the Samsung, has hdmi. I'll be upgrading each piece over the next year. Wanted to get the TV first. I looked at component distribution amps but they seem like overkill.I was hoping there was a simpler solution. Does the Pioneer or any plasma have a pass-thru option? Is there an AVamp that will send the same signal out of two outputs? How bout a few of those 1 into 2 RCA plugs, and just split your component signal ? Must admit, with that amout of dollars invested in displays, i did assume you'd have a HDMI capable AVR. Edited September 24, 2008 by Gutty
Gutty Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Just one question here, given the heat Plasmas generate is this viable? Front to front then ?? *slaps self*
diesel Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Good question.I've kept the heat thing in mind. The "cabinet" is very open with no "roof" over the plasmas. Between the plasmas is a 20mm panel and they'll sit about 400mm apart from each other. I'm hoping this won't cause any probs. If anyone's got any experience with a setup like this it would be good to hear. Most manufacturers recommend a 100mm gap between panel and wall, so it sounds OK to me. Here's another spliter option
notgreg Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 You can join these 2 PDP's together. The 608 has 1 composite/RCA out port on the back (according to the PDF specs), as does my 4 year old panasonic. The connection is only composite of course, but you can do what you want, very very cheaply.
nis200979 Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 I'm in the process of having a cabinet made which will house 2 plasmas back to back separated by a panel. The cabinet will be a room divider. On one side I'm hoping to put a 60", hopefully a Pioneer 608, on the other side will be my current Samsung 42" What's the cheapest and/or best way to have them display the same video source? Cheers All. HDMI splitter - $250 http://www.switchbox.com.au/product_info.p...1b2e8f46b802c2a Component splitter - $75 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Component-Video-Spl...1742.m153.l1262 Don't use the composite out on the back of the Pioneer, horrible resolution/quality, and both screens need to be on at the same time. Better is if you have an AVR with simultaneous componet out and HDMI out. Also, many quality components will do HDMI and component output simulatenously, although few sales people can 100% tell you which ones do and don't.
Sandrust Posted September 25, 2008 Author Posted September 25, 2008 HDMI splitter - $250http://www.switchbox.com.au/product_info.p...1b2e8f46b802c2a Component splitter - $75 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Component-Video-Spl...1742.m153.l1262 Don't use the composite out on the back of the Pioneer, horrible resolution/quality, and both screens need to be on at the same time. Better is if you have an AVR with simultaneous componet out and HDMI out. Also, many quality components will do HDMI and component output simulatenously, although few sales people can 100% tell you which ones do and don't. Thanks all for the replies. I can see an economical upgrade path of a basic component splitter and then when I up-grade my current AVR I'll look for simultaneous component & HDMI output. Cheers.
Shonky* Posted September 25, 2008 Posted September 25, 2008 Note that pretty much any AVR will not be able to output any HDMI source via component.
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