1 DVD to 4 x PLASMA via COMPONENT

h fountain of all AV knowledge,

Any ideas on what piece of equipment i could use to send the component output of a DVD player to the component input of 4 different plasma screens?

Obviously without any degradation of signal quality.

Many thanks to all in advance for taking the time to read this and to those that reply.

Adam

 

component diustribution unit see tmfsolutions and extron (can use RGBHV unit)

 

wOW Hornydragon that was an amazingly quick response.

Do you have any links for this?

Cheers

Adam

 

http://www.tmfsolutions.co.uk/ reseller/retailer
http://www.extron.com/ manufacturer (available from tmf)
http://www.extron.com/product/product.asp?id=da4rgbhv&subtype=32 solution

 

Fantastic - i think that's just what i need.

Cheers again.

 

have you seen the price yet?

 

That's why he's gone quiet!

 

the price... 4 port is Cost is £371+VAT. Delivery is £10
DA6 RGBHV and costs £440+VAT (the 6 port)

Wow i guess these things are good. Are there any cheaper alternatives?

Though it's not me that's paying the bill so i'm not too worried, but at the same time want to get the right product at the right price.

 

cheaper ones just wont do it mate need good kit for this sort of stuff (whats it for anyways?)

 

I believe it is for entertainment purposes in our new canteen. I work for a rather large cosmetics company and are currently in the process of relocating.

 

not L'oreal is it? well make sure you have a decent feed (poor source and cables) will make the distribution unit useless (well waste of money). is it for TV or internal video use? (box will do RGBHV anyway so can feed a VGA type feed with correct cables)

 

no not L'Oreal - though we are their main competitor. loads of smellies to take home to wifey.

Apparently it'll be a regular DVD player feeding this to 4 new plasmas. No ideas on specs at present though they may turn to me for advice again..who knows.

 

You could use a Kramer VGA multiplier and 3 phono to 15 pin leads. This works very well, maybe not up to extron standards, but it will be under £200. Perfectly good for the work canteen, maybe not for a £50k custom install.

 

Joe, I know of a few consumer players that can loop a chapter. But your solution will work best, I have no doubt. Would the rgb pass through board for the 7 series Panasonic work? Though this would be expensive too, along with a PC or a scaler to make it VGA. I seem to recall this board will not do YUV.

 

Yes, and might well still be cheaper than the extron method. I do take your point on the DVD player, one I know that does chapter loop is the Marantz DV4300, which is possibly the crappiest bit of kit I've ever had the displeasure to handle.

 

Thanks for all your feedback, new ideas - and Joe thanks for your quote i've forwarded on to the man with the cheque book. Hopefully we'll be able to business in the near future

 

Just found out that the screens are not Plasmas but in fact LCD's.

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/p...=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=specstab#tabtop

Any ideas if we can we daisy chain these?

Cheers again..

 

only using composite if i read the specs right

 

am i right in thinking that composite is of a higher quality than component. if so - this should more than good enough PQ for our needs.

then we could just daisy chain as suggested by joe.

 

composite is the lowest PQ and crap, Component is far better

 

Nope, composite is two steps down in terms of quality, and should only be used if all else fails.

 

oops - got that one backtofront

guess the PQ would come out rather grainy then.

So the best option would be to use the video distributor rather than using composite.

 

Yep mate but the extron kit may be over kill for 17" LCD's

 

I agree - but i guess that there's not much choice really.

It's either Extron or using composite cabling. One will be naff, the other will be overkill.

I guess it's up to the powers that be to decide which they want.

I've a feeling they'll opt for the DA.

Joe i'm sending you a PM - if you could put together a formal quote and send it to me ASAP that'd be great.

 

I feel like i'm getting a little out of my depth - as now this project is growing. I have gone from recommending a device to now being as to do the whole lot even down to installation.

So now i have to choose cables and connectors for these screens to be able to handle both the feed from the DVD AND each screen will be fed by it's own PC.

Will the Extron you've recommended be able to handle the audio as well as video. I can see the Extron site specs up these DA2/4/6 RGBHV, DA6 YUV A on the same page.

I'm unsure of the difference between RGBHV and YUV....help..!!

As always a big thanks to all of you

 

then no need for DA just connect each screen to its PC

 

i think i may have confused you all - and i've definitely confused myself.

Assume we have two video inputs into each screen.

VGA will carry the PC video
Component will carry the DVD video.