Video connection hub.

[nath]

Right, I'm thinking of buying a nice projector soon and I need a hub unit to put all my video connections through. Basically I want several vid connections going in to one box and then an HDMI/DVI-D connection going from the box all the way to the projector. I know that a decent amp will do this but I'd rather not fork out for a new one as I'm quite happy with my existing one. Does a unit like this even exist?

Ta.

 

[Ch3tan]

No*











*May be a drunken lie to get you to splash out on a new amp when you dont need to.

 

[DaGaffer]

Right, I'm thinking of buying a nice projector soon and I need a hub unit to put all my video connections through. Basically I want several vid connections going in to one box and then an HDMI/DVI-D connection going from the box all the way to the projector. I know that a decent amp will do this but I'd rather not fork out for a new one as I'm quite happy with my existing one. Does a unit like this even exist?

Ta.

I don't think that would work*; unless the connection is DVI/HDMI all the way from unit to unit then you won't get the performance benefit from the connection; e.g. DVD Player>S-Video>Hub>HDMI>Projector will be 'capped' by the performance of the S-Video link. Of course if you've got all HDMI/DVI connections and you're looking for an all DVI/HDMI hub, that would be different. I've seen hubs like that in the US (I saw one in Circuit City when I was in Canada last week), don't know if they're available in the UK yet (were about CDN $300 - £140).


*could be talking shit, but it seems logical.

 

[nath]

Well, I'll have my DVD player which will be HDMI or DVI and my xbox which will be component (I assume that's what it uses for hi def). I understand about the s vid thing, but the point is to have a whole bunch of cables going a short distance to one box and then one longass hdmi going to the projector. If the source is low quality, I'm not bothered I just want to have one cable going to the projector and a main unit routing them all rather than getting loads of 15-20ft cables for each of my devices that I want hooked up.

 

[Panda On Smack]

To output in DVI doesnt the source have to be the same? My AV amp upscales my S-Video and Composite to Component but to use the DVi i have to have a DVI source

 

[nath]

Hmm, it's looking like I'm just going to buy several very long cables.