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Old 08-27-2008, 04:50 AM   #1
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I can't recall this being discussed about to the level I needed information about. If someone can find a link to a thread then please post it. Thanks in advance.

My situation:

I am a avid gamer and movie fan. However I don't watch regular TV, and I have a wife and four kids who don't understand my obsession. With that being said I went out and bought two additional TV's (one for the children's play room and the other for our bedroom). Now both of these TV's are secondary option's only and both are flat panel LCD TV's wall mounted. These will not be used for any audiophile or videophile viewing, just as an occasional use while I am gaming on the big sceen in the family room.

My setup:

I have three HD sources: Xbox 360, PS3, and DirecTV HD receiver. I want to be able to allow my children watch what they want on their TV and my wife to watch what she wants on our TV. I don't want additional equipment cluttering up space in the respective rooms so all I want is one HDMI cable coming into the back of the TV's. My current setup has each source plugging into the receiver and then out to the main TV.

What I want to do:

Purchase from monoprice three HDMI splitters (http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...eq=1&format=2) to spit each of the sources and have one running to a 4x2 switch (http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2) and the other to the receiver. Then from said switch one out to the bedroom TV (35 foot monoprice HDMI cable) and the other to the children's bedroom TV (45 foot monoprice HDMI cable).

Will this work?

This is my question. Since I can independently switch different sources at the switch for each of the two outputs and having all this splitting and switching; will this cause any trouble with HDCP? Also would this cause any serious degradation of the signal? Any advise would be appreciated. Thank you.

I know that they wouldn't be able to view the same source as well.

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