Ruipro 4k (30m) with Splitter/Switch retaining ARC/CEC? (Sky Q UHD to two rooms from one box)

[MikeGrime]

Hi all - first post on here but a long time reader!

So I have an issue to resolve that all flows from the fact that Sky Q is not available in UHD on a mini box - which by the way is sooooo frustrating.

The key points are:

• I am in the process of refurbing a house and will have a 58'' TV in my family living room and then a 75'' in the open plan dining room;
• I will be watching most of my TV in the living room, so want the main Sky Q UHD content in there, which means having the main Sky Q box in there;
• I will definitely be watching lots of sport/movies in the open plan dining room. Most of the movie content I watch comes from streaming services - so 4k content not an issue as I have the relavant subscription.
• Sport, however, will mainly be Sky and therefore limited to 1080i Sky Q minibox content in the open plan - annoying.
• As you will have guessed by now, this is all about getting UHD/Atmos Sky feeds in the open plan dining room.

My set up in my current living room (which works really well and which I would like to keep in my new living room, is:

• SkyQ and Fire TV cube connected to my TV, ARC output to AV receiver and Atmos surround system;
• Fire TV cube set up to control equipment (using CEC). (Note - I have my sources connected through TV rather than receiver as there is a seemingly well known CEC handshake issue that means my Fire TV Cube struggles to automatically control streaming app resolution when sources connected through the receiver).

If at all possible I would essentially like to mirror this in the open plan, plus the best option for delivering UHD Sky. ie I will have a second Fire TV Cube and Sky mini hooked up to my TV, ARC from TV to my soundbar plus some way of delivering Sky UHD.

I have done a lot of reading but am no expert by any stretch of the imagination! Essentially from what I can gather I have the following choices:

1. Suck it up and watch sport in 1080 in the open plan;
2. Splitter and Ruipro 30m optical HDMI - sounds like it would work from a signal point of view (assuming a decent enough splitter) but you lose ARC/CEC which would be an issue for me;
3. Swtich (4x2?) and Ruipro 30m optical HDMI - think this would help with retaining CEC but would mean the faff of another remote to switch to where Sky is needed (not the end of the world). There are a lot of expensive switches out there that do more than I need them to - I really just want a high quality 1 source to 2 output switch than is easily activated (remote? app?) and can cope with ARC/CEC, 4k and Atmos.
4. HDBaseT setup with ethernet cabling. From what I can gather this would allow simultaneous output to both TVs but retain CEC etc and infra red remote signals from the other room?

So what I am hoping for from you lovely lot is:

1. Confirmation as to whether you agree that the above are my only/main options (and my take on whether/how they work makes sense); and
2. Recommendations as to how I can best set up each option / what kit would work best (value for money preferable but I have a bit of a blank canvas so all ideas welcome)

I hope that makes sense! Thank you in advance for your time reading and any help you can provide

EDIT - I'm currently thinking the HDBaseT solution is the best one from a cost and effectiveness perspective.

Mike

 

[linnasak]

Have similar problem, trying out the optical cable solution and splitter later today as cable arrives today in theory. Issue I have is I really want to keep at 18 G connection so I can have 4 2 2 at 10bit, cheaper solutions lose this. Also can introduce hdcp handshake issues. If cable successful and can get 4 2 2 and atmos to second room plan to use hdfury integral2 as switch. Then will try to put LUMAGEN before switch, to get DTM in both rooms.

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