Geffen Announces Availability of 1:5 HDMI v1.3 Splitter for Simultaneous HDTV

Started by Shane • Nov 24, 2008 • 3 posts

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#1 Nov 24, 2008 at 10:23 pm

Connectivity solutions provider Gefen today announced the availability of its 1:5 Splitter for HDMI v1.3. This high performance distribution solution accepts one HDMI signal from Blu-ray players, DVD players, set-top boxes, digital video recorders and game systems, and delivers the same audio and video to five HDMI displays and projectors at the same time. Greater signal distributions can be achieved when cascading two or more Splitters together.

With support for the full scope of the HDMI v1.3 format, this Gefen Splitter passes...

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#2 Nov 25, 2008 at 12:32 am

This is fine, but what I really want it the reverse: a device which will let me connect five devices (Sat, Blu-ray, AppleTV, etc., to a single HDMI port on my Bose receiver (so sound goes to the 5.1 speakers, not just the TV) when there are not enough ports on the receiver. Can this device do it, perhaps??

Thanks,

Fred Towers

#3 Nov 28, 2008 at 3:37 pm

For that you would use a switcher such as...

OPPO HM-31 HDMI Switch
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/reviews/200 ... switch.php