Looking for a good HDMI Distributor/Audio Also

[markw]

The setup I have is I have a Entertainment room with a 52 inch HDTV. I'm purchasing a Blu-Ray player for it. I also will put putting an Apple TV in it. I have already seen some nice HDMI switchboxes that also have audio such as the Octava HDMI switchbox so that's what I want to use to switch my input from the Apple TV or the Blu-Ray player since this 52 inch TV just has one HDMI input.
Instead of buying a 2nd Apple TV and a 2nd Blu-Ray player I want to buy a distribution system of some type. I prefer something with 3 outputs since I may be getting a 3rd HDTV within a year. I have seen Component boxes where you can have multiple outputs so I can run the cables to a 2nd tv but it seems options are limited with HDMI. My best option would be to have a switchbox that has multiple inputs and at least 3 outputs so I don't have need the Octava switchbox but even with that, is there anything out there that will take an HDMI input with RCA and Digital Optical input and have 3 outputs of the same type?
I have seen a few switchboxes that do this same type of thing but have HDMI only. I know the newest HDMI carries audio but none of my TV's have this type of HDMI plus I run my audio into a stereo receiver. Is there an adapter that can take a HDMI signal and output it into an HDMI and separate digital optical audio?
One last question. The length for these additional 2 TV's is around 25-30 feet. Can I run Digital Optical and HDMI cable over that distance?

[Big Daddy]

Originally Posted by markw

The setup I have is I have a Entertainment room with a 52 inch HDTV. I'm purchasing a Blu-Ray player for it. I also will put putting an Apple TV in it. I have already seen some nice HDMI switchboxes that also have audio such as the Octava HDMI switchbox so that's what I want to use to switch my input from the Apple TV or the Blu-Ray player since this 52 inch TV just has one HDMI input.

Try these sites.

http://www.mycablemart.com/store/car...FRsFagodDVhd3g

http://www.supermediastore.com/elect...D=167550564512

[guitarist155]

what your talking about is called a matrix switcher like this http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...MI_Matrix.html
the down side is they are expensive but they allow the most options like watching the blu-ray in one room and at the same time watching the apple tv in another room.

another option is to use an hdmi switch or an hdmi receiver plugged into an hdmi splitter like this http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._Splitter.html
this is the cheaper way to go but you can only watch one source at a time

as for a switch i would just get an hdmi receiver like the onkyo 605 and use a splitter it will be cheaper and give you audio and video through the same cable and hd audio.

also depending on how far the other tv's are away from the switch you will need an extender like this http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc..._VIA_CAT5.html
but anything under 50 feet should be fine

[guitarist155]

just found this matrix switcher it is pretty cheap and will allow you to connect 4 devices to 2 tv's http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2