hdmi matrix switcher

[zane]

has anyone daisey chaind a hdmi matrix switch yet? or is it possible to do?

thank you
zane

[jkmonroe]

i can't see why not.

you'd be N-2 on I/O, but it should work.

2 6x2 switchers daisy chained would end up 10x2, so make sure you do the right math for your number of inputs and outputs.

[IVB]

FYI, and this might not be an issue, but before of the DRM chain. I have an HDMI splitter sitting after my HDMI receiver. All video goes to the receiver, which then splits into two (projector & plasma). Same signal goes to both, I only turn on the video device that I want to watch. Plasma during day and much of the evening casual viewing, PJ only for movies at night when the immersive experience is better.

Very rarely, and I mean maybe 2% of the time, I get some error code by the roku around HDCP protection. Its rare, but when I get it, its positively maddening. A simple turn off/ turn on of the HDMI chain doesn't do it, I have to unplug - replug various bits in the chain. In an unpredictable order, as no single order works 100%.

Yay DRM. Improving end users lives since, well, never.

[RichardU]

I thought HDCP required that content only goes to one display. Does anyone know how it's possible to split HDMI signals without being stopped by HDCP?

[IVB]

my splitter does that fine 98% of the time. I can actually display the same signal on both my plasma & projector.

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[kblagron]

This is the one I am using:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008D66..._bw_g23_i1

I haven't had any trouble with the DRM (so far) using it. Before I got this device, the only time I ever had any trouble was while watching some purchased movies on DirecTV. I have both component and HDMI being used out of the DirecTV box, and it would squawk about having both plugged in.