I currently have a PS3 which I wish to connect to both my LCD TV and my projector using HDMI, i.e. one HDMI source driving a choice of HDMI displays. To save me constantly swapping leads around I'm trying to find an HDMI switch box that will do the job for me. Whereas I can find many devices that allow the connection of multiple HDMI signal sources to one HDMI input on a TV (e.g. this one), I can't seem to find anything that allows me to do the reverse, i.e. the same output (PS3) switched between the available display devices (TV or projector). I do not want to drive both the TV and the projector at the same time, so all I need is a switch box, not a splitter/distribution amplifier. I have been told that I can't use a 3 input/1 output HDMI switch box in reverse because of HDCP.
I bought a cheap simple HDMI splitter from eBay (same as this one), but it doesn't quite work. I think my cable run to the TV is a little too long for using the splitter (15m), as when both the TV and projector are connected the projector works, but I can't get any sound on the TV. However with just the TV connected it works just fine. I have thought about buying a cheap repeater for the TV cable run, but wasn't sure if that would do the job.
There is a Lindy device that looks like it almost solves my problem, but it's (a) a little expensive and (b) I don't want to drive both the TV and projector simultaneously.
Is there anything around that would do (cheaply!) what I'm trying to achieve?
I bought a cheap simple HDMI splitter from eBay (same as this one), but it doesn't quite work. I think my cable run to the TV is a little too long for using the splitter (15m), as when both the TV and projector are connected the projector works, but I can't get any sound on the TV. However with just the TV connected it works just fine. I have thought about buying a cheap repeater for the TV cable run, but wasn't sure if that would do the job.
There is a Lindy device that looks like it almost solves my problem, but it's (a) a little expensive and (b) I don't want to drive both the TV and projector simultaneously.
Is there anything around that would do (cheaply!) what I'm trying to achieve?