Customer Reviews

Sewell 2 Port 1x2 Powered Hdmi Splitter V 1.3b (Up to 1080p) 3D Certified

5 star:		(36)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

First of all let me just say that this item arrived very quickly (4 days) and is working terrifically now.

I set this up with my 720p samsung 50" TV and a 20" LCD HD monitor. Coming from my FIOS box, the HD channels worked terrific, the HDMI splitter picked up the lower resolution TV and displayed perfectly on both outputs. However, when trying to view standard definition channels through the HDMI the splitter would only show an image on the HD LCD monitor (without the splitter these channels would normally show up without a problem on the TV).

I am writing this review to let others know how I solved the problem, because even the nice tech support guy couldn't solve it. Here is what I did.

I went to the FIOS box settings, and under the video sub-menu there is a setting for how it displays SD (standard definition) channels through HDMI. I changed this setting to "stretch" and voila! All channels now display perfect on both the TV and the monitor.

---A follow-up, I changed this from 5 stars to 3, it died after 10 months of usage and it seems from other reviews this is "normal" for this model. I would not buy it again. I bought a 4 port from another company with better quality feedback and I hope it will work. I apologize if my 5-star review got anyone else to buy this and had it die on them too.

Construction appears to be very durable with a metal enclosure. Works great. I'm running one of the outputs 25 feet on the cheapest HDMI cable I could find on amazon and have a flawless picture on both TVs. LED on the device is orange.

I purchased this splitter to add another TV in a room on the other side of the house which is about 150' away from the source. The source being a DirecTV HD DVR (hr20-700). I have it split with a 50" Samsung Plasma TV which is about 5' away from the Sat reciever. Not wanting to run (or buy) an HDMI cable that reached 150' away (if it's even possible to get a picture over HDMI at that distance?), I looked into variuous options such as wireles Video Senders, etc... I ended up buying a set of wallplates that allow you to extend an HDMI cable via Ethernet cable. It requires two runs of CAT5e or CAT6 UTP wire.
So here's my setup. I have the SAT receiver and four other devices (BluRay player, HD DVD Player, WD HD Media Player and a HD Roku) feeding into two a 3x1 HDMI switches which are chained together so the output of the first one feeds one of teh inputs on the second one. (I know I really need to break down and shell out the money for a 5x1 HDMI switch, but I already had these two on hand and for now it works and it didn't cost me anything more. The output of the HDMI switch feeds into the Sewell 2 Port 1 x 2 Powered HDMI splitter V 1.3b being reviewed here. With the outputs from the Sewell splitter simultaniously going to the 50" Plasma that is close by and a 32" HD LCD located about 150' away connetced via a 6' HDMI cable into the wall plate, then converted to > 150' CAT6 UTP Ethernet cable to the other wall plate > then back to 3' HDMI and into the 32" TV.
Both TV"s are running at 1080P and amazingly enough, both are working perfectly. I knew I was taking a chance buying the Sewell splitter based on some other reviews and the Manufacturer's warnings about limitations, but with the Sewell and the wall plates ($18 for the pair), this was the cheapest solution short of running a new COAX and renting another DTV receiver. I used to be anal about what kind of A/V cables I used and I've spent a small fortune on high end cables for my Home Theater room downstairs, but after reading the results of a test where they had 25 professional installers, A/V salesmen, and company reps tested to see if they could tell the difference in picture and/or sound quailty between several hundred dollar HDMI cables Vs. a Walmart Cable, a Radio Shack Cable and a home made cable, the majority of them answered wrong and almost all said they saw and heard no difference in quality. Honestly having those expensive cables did make me feel all warm and fuzzy, but I never noticed a difference and have some fairly high end equipment hooked up to them in the HT room. My point is, I gave up buying the best cables I can afford and I just buy ones that don't look like they are going to fall apart. One great place to get awesome cables is Bluejeans cables.

BTW...I live alone, so I don't see why I would ever have a need to watch different channels in two different rooms, so for a single loser such as myself, this splitter turned out to be a great inexpensive solution. Now to sum up my long winded summary... It works very well even with the long runs so if you need to split a HDMI signal, Buy it. Period. Good Luck with your setups!

I had a cheaper hdmi splitter that wouldn't output to both monitors at the same time in a reliable manner. When turning on one tv I would have to unplug the hdmi cable from the splitter and then plug it back in in order for the splitter to register the new tv. I originally thought it was the CEC on the samsung tv, but even with that function disabled the splitter still exhibited the same behavior. So I took a chance and bought the sewell splitter on a recommendation from an online home theater forum. Since receiving this splitter about a month ago it has performed flawlessly. Plus I get extra browny points with the wife since her life is easier now that she doesn't have to get out of bed to mess with the splitter. My setup is a Directv hd box output to the splitter and then split between a 5 year old 52 inch mitsubishi dlp and a 2 year old samsung 46 inch lcd. Hope this helps anyone on the fence.

Splits one HDMI signal into two signals. I have my Tivo connected to the input, one out connected to my 55" Samsung LCD, and the other output connected to HDMI 1 iput on my Sony receiver. This allows my wife to just turn on the TV using the Tivo remote and everything works fine, but if I want to watch a movie with the sound run through the stereo, I select the HDMI 2 input for the TV and run everything through the stereo (HDMI out is connected to HDMI 2 in on the TV).

I was skeptical that this little splitter was up to the challenge of splitting a signal and carrying the second one 30ft away (to a monitor I mounted in my shower area). Installation was a breeze, though, and the image is perfect - you would think the video source was sitting right by the monitor and only carrying one signal. I was wondering if there would be any noise or anything and I haven't experienced any problems at all.

If there are any downsides I would only say that I wish it came with an HDMI cable - I forgot that I would need 3 for my setup so I only had 2 and had to end up getting another one (you need one to go to the source and then one for each television).

The image is mirrored on each television, which is perfect for me because both TV's are in the same sound space. If you just want to add another mirrored monitor, this is your best solution.

This splitter does exactly what they said it would. I split the feed of a time warner cable box between a Samsung LCD and a Pioneer VSX 920 receiver. It works perfect!

Works as advertised, far cheaper than Best Buy options.

Improved my HD signal over 25 feet of HDMI which was a nice bonus.

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I got this splitter for the sole purpose of capturing HD gameplay from my PS3 with my capture card. I use my PS3 as the input and use one HDMI cable outputting to my TV [this HDMI cable is 6 feet in length] and the other output HDMI cable going to my PC capture card in the other room [this HDMI cable is 25 feet in length]. I have no problems with the device and it works just as described.

I rely heavily on the reviews for products and spent quite a bit of time reviewing products for my setup. I have a Dish Network 722 receiver in my basement that drives a Toshiba DLP TV using the HDMI output. I recently purchased a 60" Samsung LED TV for my living room and needed to run the HDMI output from the receiver to the new TV which is over a 50 foot run. Needing to have HDMI on both TVs, I did a lot of research into a solution for my setup.

I settled on purchasing the Sewell splitter to split the HDMI signal and then utilized the Sewell HDMI over CAT5 product to run the HDMI signal to the new TV using 75 foot CAT6 cables. I did not want to run a 75 foot HDMI cable as I was concerned with how stiff the cable would be and how much noise might be introduced due to the cable needing to run alongside power cables as well. After completing all of the setup with no issues, the product works as advertised. I now have a HDMI signal running on the new TV and the picture is excellent. I really scrutinized the picture to ensure I was not losing any bits over the long run and have had no issues with the splitter. I can have both TVs on or only 1 of the TVs on (either one) and the splitter works with no issues.

After reading reviews, I settled on the Sewell splitter due to the functionality. In addition, their web site does have some additional information for setups and it appears their tech support may be helpful although I did not use it. In doing my research, I decided the splitter was the critical component to this setup and stayed away from the non-powered versions that appeared to have a lot of issues. The only concern I had with this product was some reviews indicated early failure and that these products ran hot. I cannot attest to early failure, but I can say that my device does not run hot or even barely warm.

In addition, when putting together a setup like this, you must be aware as stated elsewhere that your video resolution will be at the lowest of your two devices that you will be driving with the splitter. If you are driving a 720P TV and a 1080P TV, you will get 720P on both devices. In addition, the sound will be whatever the lowest quality is as well. In my setup, the Dish Network receiver puts out 1080i and my lowest resolution TV is 1080i, so it has no impact on my setup.

So far I am pleased with this setup.