Connect Sky+HD to three TVs?

[5H4K]

Getting a new HD setup in a week or so.

Currently:

Original, yes, non Sky+ LOL, Sky box into main TV via a splitter that also connects to two more TVs. All three TVs are HD ready.

I know I can connect the HD box to a second TV via a component cable that leads straight from the box, so what's the score with connecting to a third TV?

Also, would TV link still work on the other TVs using Sky+HD?

Cheers.

[headcase]

The new boxes only have 1 HDMI output. You can connect your other TV's in the normal way via the TV link but you will only get SD on them. If you want to distribute HD then this cant be done via co-ax. There are different way of doing it, you can use a HDMI splitter and several long HDMI cables or you can get little black boxes that will distribute via cat5. Basically the sky HD box was only designed to show HD on one TV and SD on all others.

[Plotloss]

New SkyHD boxes don't have Component outputs.

They do however retain the RF2 functionality.

There are loads of ways to do what you want, budget is the primary consideration.

If you go down the HDMI route, without specialist kit/knowledge you will hit issues, without question.

[5H4K]

All suggestions welcome. The cables will have to run through the wall behind the box, then back into the house, to lead to the other TVs, though.

[Silverbullet767]

Plotloss said:

New SkyHD boxes don't have Component outputs.

They do however retain the RF2 functionality.

There are loads of ways to do what you want, budget is the primary consideration.

If you go down the HDMI route, without specialist kit/knowledge you will hit issues, without question.

Nonsense, I ran Sky+HD to the bedroom without specialist kit/knowledge. £30 signal splitter & £16 cable.

Full HD in the bedroom easily.

I bought. The 1 input 2 output version of this.

http://www.climaxdigital.co.uk/epages/BT3449.sf/en...

You could even daisy chain 2 of the 1 input 2 output splitters and save a tenner.

That and my 15M £16.87 eBay HDMI cable. works perfectly.

Use the skylink to change channel down coax. Easy.

[headcase]

HDMI as a rule is problematic with anything other than standard, even then its problematic. I think you were just plane lucky with your ebay purchases Well done anyways!

[Silverbullet767]

Everything I bought was rated v1.3b, why would it not work!

The only eBay part was the cable.

[Plotloss]

Silverbullet767 said:

Everything I bought was rated v1.3b, why would it not work!

Because HDMI was conceived solely as a Point to Point solution.

Point to Multipoint and Multipoint to Multipoint HDMI distribution remains an issue.

In essence, HDMI is crap.

[headcase]

You do know Plotty its only 1's and 0's what could possibly go wrong

[RedLeicester]

headcase said:

You do know Plotty its only 1's and 0's what could possibly go wrong

>puts up umbrella and braces for the onslaught<