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Posted by: lholt

I am in the process of designing my new home theater/living room setup.

I am planning on keeping the 36" HDTV and adding a front projector and would like the HD Tivo to send a signal to both.

I read on this forum that you can not easily switch between component and HDMI output, so that killed my component to TV and HDMI to projector plan.

Has anyone else done this or planned this?
What are my options, do I need some sort of component switcher?

Posted by: btwyx

You could probably use a component switcher in reverse, or there are distribution amplifiers which work with component inputs. For component switchers, try:<http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-v...232#post1852232>. For distribution amplifiers, try searching.

Posted by: lholt

Looks like they have a component splitter. That should do the trick. Thank you.

Posted by: btwyx

quote:
Originally posted by lholt
Looks like they have a component splitter. That should do the trick. Thank you.

Who has a component splitter? If its just a passive split cable it won't work very well, it messes up the signal levels. It needs to have some electronics involved to do it properly. (When its usually called a distribution amplifier.)

Posted by: lholt

I found the splitter on the site from the thread you referenced, they do call it a distribution amplifier.

http://www.inday.com/hdda1/hdda1.htm

Thank you.

Posted by: aaronwt

INDAY has some quality products. I bought their component switcher when it first came out a couple of years ago. It has performed flawlessly. They definitely stand behind their products. i just bought their audio switcher and they sent me the remote chip upgrade (for free) to upgrade the remote so it would be compatible with the audio switcher. Since my switcher was a first generation it needed to be upgraded.
I would not hesitate to order from them again.