1 component to 2 displays

[rab4169]

hi , i want to connect my xbox 360 to my plasma and projector , i have seen vga splitters on ebay for £10, is there anything like this for component ?
thanks

[nwgarratt]

Originally Posted by rab4169

hi , i want to connect my xbox 360 to my plasma and projector , i have seen vga splitters on ebay for £10, is there anything like this for component ?
thanks

I found this but it is expensive.

http://www.cyberselect.co.uk/product/1028

I found something a lot cheaper but the signal may degrade being split into two.

Component Splitter Cable

[Kramer]

http://www.js-technology.com/product...e8733093fa44a4

[madman1178]

i made a diy component splitter with 2 lots of component cables and it worked a treat, alternatively go to maplin electronics and they will make you one!!

[fallwood]

Originally Posted by madman1178

i made a diy component splitter with 2 lots of component cables and it worked a treat, alternatively go to maplin electronics and they will make you one!!

You can't just split video signals , it will reduce the brightness and quality of the image by approximately half, it could also damage your equipment. You need to use a powered signal buffer like the js ones as these actually reproduce the signal with only minimal quality loss.

[madman1178]

Originally Posted by fallwood

You can't just split video signals , it will reduce the brightness and quality of the image by approximately half, it could also damage your equipment.

it worked perfectly fine for me mate, with no loss of quality at all, and it ran a hd signal in the shop for 8 months without so much as a hiccup.

it makes me wonder if half of the special booster boxes and fancy splitters are worth their money half of the time!

and considering he wont be running both at the same time, the signal will still be the same surely?

[tfboy]

Whether a simple "Y" cable splitter will work or not will depend on the equipment that's connected, whether the equipment is 75ohm terminated, etc.

It may work, it may not work at all, or it may give a slightly dimmer picture, but I doubt it.

[fallwood]

Originally Posted by madman1178

it worked perfectly fine for me mate, with no loss of quality at all, and it ran a hd signal in the shop for 8 months without so much as a hiccup.

it makes me wonder if half of the special booster boxes and fancy splitters are worth their money half of the time!

and considering he wont be running both at the same time, the signal will still be the same surely?

It must depend on the displays you are running, when I tried to split component and vga beween my z4 and panny plasma the results were vey poor.

I spoke to a friend of mine who is a tv broadcast engineer and he advised me never to simply split video signals due to ohm's ratings and the fact it can overload circuitry , he then went off on a very technical rant that I didnt really understand. Bottom line was that he advised me to always use a powered splitter that re-generated 2 seperate signals. If you can get away with not using one then I say is worth a go as a cable is gonna be far cheaper than a powered box . I've never been one for spending cash when I dont need to , unfortunately for me this was one of the times I had to fork out.

[fallwood]

Just spoke to my mate and he says the problem is with one source being split then terminated at 2 displays, it doesnt matter if you are only using one device at a time the fact that they are both plugged in at the same time is what causes the problem. He couldnt comment on if this affects domestic displays but said that commercial/studio displays are more likely to suffer because they are terminated at a specific ohm rating. This explais why it doesnt work on mine as my plasma is a commercial panel.