OT : HDMI Splitter?

[Inuyasha]

Comcast made me upgrade to a new box and the new box only has HDMI. With the old box I was using the Composite hookup with the 5 pronged color. The TV in my living room has only 2 HDMI hookups, so I have to either sacrifice my PS4 or XB1 hookup.

Do any of you guys use one of those HDMI splitters and can recommend me a good one? Are any of those remote so I don't have to walk up to the tv every time I want to play one system or another? I know I'll eventually need to buy a new tv, but for the meantime, I'm stuck.

[warnerwlf98]

I bought this HDMI switch to do that job because I thought I was getting a TV with only 2 HDMI inputs, but it wound up having 4:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... No=8526088

I haven't tried it out, but it's supposed to automatically select the HDMI device that's on.

[Inuyasha]

thanks for that suggestion. That's pretty cool it knows which device is on and I don't have to walk up and hit a switch. does the picture quality degrade with any of these?

[Aristo]

You could always just run your cable box through the Xbox One.

[Inuyasha]

You could always just run your cable box through the Xbox One.

lol no kidding? that is cool. I would love it but the family would be lost. What cables do you need to hook it up to xbo?

[Aristo]

You run the the HDMI for your Comcast Box into the HDMI in of the XB1, and then the ru the HDMI from the Xbox into your TV (or AVR).

You would have to turn on the Xbox to watch TV, but that is what it is made to do. And it would save you and HDMI slot.

[pk500]

Plenty of options for HDMI splitters at Monoprice if you don't run TV through your Xbox One:

http://www.monoprice.com/Search/Index?k ... i+splitter

You can't go wrong with Monoprice. Quality equipment at ridiculously cheap prices.

[Inuyasha]

Thanks. Is it a splitter or switch that I should be looking for?

[Inuyasha]

hey guys would something like this work instead :

http://www.dx.com/p/hdmi-to-vga-composi ... KtpIntJOM-


I hook up the hdmi to the cable box and run the RGB to the tv? I assume this would only give me picture and no sound right? I would just need the yellow/white cable to run thru the Comcast box and back of the tv?

[pk500]

Thanks. Is it a splitter or switch that I should be looking for?

Not sure, dude. I don't need one of these. Hopefully one of the A/V gurus here can help. But I can assure Monoprice products are quality.

[TCrouch]

I have this and it's golden:

http://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-501BN-Prem ... dmi+switch

Even has a remote, but it auto-senses which port you're on. If you're playing XBox One and turn it off, but your cable is still on, it will switch to that input. If I'm watching Cable and turn on an XBox or PS4, it switches to that input, as well. It's been awesome, don't have one complaint about it.

You need a switch, though, as that has separate inputs. A splitter does nothing but mirror the signal. I have a splitter from my DirecTV box so that I can watch the same picture on 2 different screens. But all a switch would do in your case is put your XBox on 2 screens at once.

[Inuyasha]

I have this and it's golden:

http://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-501BN-Prem ... dmi+switch

Even has a remote, but it auto-senses which port you're on. If you're playing XBox One and turn it off, but your cable is still on, it will switch to that input. If I'm watching Cable and turn on an XBox or PS4, it switches to that input, as well. It's been awesome, don't have one complaint about it.

You need a switch, though, as that has separate inputs. A splitter does nothing but mirror the signal. I have a splitter from my DirecTV box so that I can watch the same picture on 2 different screens. But all a switch would do in your case is put your XBox on 2 screens at once.

great thanks! if it is working for you i'll go for it. I've read that a lot of them won't work w/ PS4 because if PS4 is on standby, technically it's still on and some of these switch's will id it as on. But looks like the reviews say this doesn't have that issue.

I saw a cheap one on monoprice but it's sold out - http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=1 ... 1&format=2

[MizzouRah]

You could always just run your cable box through the Xbox One.

lol no kidding? that is cool. I would love it but the family would be lost. What cables do you need to hook it up to xbo?

Everyone would love it.. do you have the kinect? Turn that baby on and off with voice and change channels/volume.

Once it's on, I use my normal Direct TV remote, so it's not that big of a deal.

[Inuyasha]

I have this and it's golden:

http://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-501BN-Prem ... dmi+switch

Even has a remote, but it auto-senses which port you're on. If you're playing XBox One and turn it off, but your cable is still on, it will switch to that input. If I'm watching Cable and turn on an XBox or PS4, it switches to that input, as well. It's been awesome, don't have one complaint about it.

You need a switch, though, as that has separate inputs. A splitter does nothing but mirror the signal. I have a splitter from my DirecTV box so that I can watch the same picture on 2 different screens. But all a switch would do in your case is put your XBox on 2 screens at once.

Thanks TCrouch. ended up buying this, got it today, and it works flawlessly. Even with PS4 on standby no problems. Love that it recognizes the feeds automatically too.