PTC Premium GOLD Series VGA / SVGA 1 source to 2 displays Splitter cable

by PTC

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000FI2EAG
• Item model number: VGA-Y-1FT-BLK
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 8, 2006

Product Description

This Gold series VGA SVGA Splitter cable allows you to split a single video source to 2 displays.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked perfectly for me and Ive no fancy pc, January 11, 2009

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T Kaz (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PTC Premium GOLD Series VGA / SVGA 1 source to 2 displays Splitter cable (Electronics)

I purchased this to split my monitor connection to my vizio lcd tv monitor input so I could watch netflix instant view and other things on my tv screen instead of my pc.
My tv isnt far from the pc tower, I understand if you have to go too far it will degrade, mine did not, I purchased this with (Cables To Go - 43098 - 25ft HD15 M/M UXGA Monitor Cable with 3.5mm Audio (Black))And it was very easy to hook up to the output on the tower for both pc monitor and the 25 foot cable to tv input.
I wasnt sure it would work after reading reviews for this, but it does and its awesome. I spent a small amt on something that some will pay 2 or 300 for to be already in the lcd tv.

VIP NOTE: you must have everything connected at both ends (not ness'the audio) to see how your screens (both) will appear, at first half way through w/ out the tv end done I thought oh no degradation but it was fine after connecting everything and filling all connections.

If you find you have the right connectors on the tower and tv this will work great but I wouldnt go much longer then I did incase it degrades.

My pc is two years old (pre vista) so its not as fast as the vista machines had to be yet it runs it fine, I think my pc has a pre installed nivida card?

Anyway it works great do some googling and find out whats needed and if this is it, it works fine ;O)

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work, but still useful, January 31, 2010

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Cody Hellstern - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PTC Premium GOLD Series VGA / SVGA 1 source to 2 displays Splitter cable (Electronics)

I bought this item hoping to output video to both my monitor and my tv, so that I wouldn't have to bother going behind the computer and switching the vga cables back and forth. After I plugged both the monitor and tv into the splitter plugs, the TV displayed fine (no loss of brightness and no ghosting through my 25ft VGA cable). The monitor, however, would only show wavy lines. The wave lines would only go away when I unplugged the cable going to the TV. Then the signal going to my monitor through this splitter would work just fine. So now when I want to use my computer monitor, I just have to unplug the cable going to the TV, which is still more convenient since I don't ever have to plug or unplug the cable going to my monitor.

Response to comment: The connections work just fine. The splitter provides some nice and tight fits. The problem is apparently that some monitors can't resolve a signal that is coming in at half the normal power. When both the TV and monitor are plugged into the splitter, my monitor can't resolve the weaker signal. When only the monitor is plugged into it, it receives all of the power and works just fine. This likely isn't a problem with the splitter itself, just my monitor, but be prepared for the splitter to possibly not work as hoped.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vga Splitter, August 24, 2008

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IWASHERE - See all my reviews

This review is from: PTC Premium GOLD Series VGA / SVGA 1 source to 2 displays Splitter cable (Electronics)

Actually, the review below is not entirely correct
It will work regardless of product price if your equipment supports it.
If you have equipment that can handle two displays at the same time it will work. Otherwise you will need a powered amplifier/muliplier VGA splitter.
The same is true if your cables are too long...