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ViewHD 4 Port HDMI 1x4 3D Powered Splitter Ver 1.3 Certified for Full HD 1080P (One Input to Four Outputs)

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I was in the market for a 1x4 splitter for a 108i source to a Sony LCD, Onkyo SR-607--> Samsung DLP/Optoma HD20 and to an Integra DHC 9.9--> Samsung UNB7000/Sim2 D60. I started with a Monoprice's best 1.3b ATC 1x4 splitter and had compatibility issues with the Integra-->Samsung/ Sim2 setup. Then I tried the HD Trinity splitter from CECmpass which worked intermittently and most of the time required the Onkyo->Samsung DLP to be turned on at the same time for it to lock/sync the signal. Finally, I tried this splitter and it works like a charm with my pickiest Integra DHC 9.9 setup right out of the box. I have been experimenting with HDMI setups for over a year now and I have paid heftily(over $200/-) for 1x2 splitters last year. 2009 is the year to take the leap to HDMI splitters as the price is right and I cannot recommend this splitter enough to everybody out there. This is the splitter to get for the best compatibilty with the pickiest of recievers or TVs. After a month of frustrations with various incompatibilities, I have finally found my holy grail of HDMI splitters. Hope my experience helps others who have similar setups as mine.

This product is excellent. It is incredibly simple to use and works perfectly. I connected a second HD TV in my game room with a 50ft HDMI cable, also bought through Amazon at a price 75% less than at Best Buy. Amazingly, there is no drop off in picture quality. I would highly recommend this product.

Driving three TVs with cables of 6', 50' and 65' works perfectly.
I've paid $[...] for two way splitters that couldn't drive 50'.

The "instruction manual" is a joke.
Each language gets two 3" x 3" paragraphs of text.
Shouldn't need it though. There is nothing to set.

Keep in mind this uses a "Wall wart" power supply.
They never show these in the pictures.
It's a small "wart" as they go.
When plugged in, it extends off to the right or left.
Prongs aren't polarized, so right or left is always possible.
This arrangement means it won't block the outlet above or below. A+

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Question
When driving two TVs, one of the blue active output
indicator LEDs flashes and one does not.
Does anyone know why ?
Doesn't have a problem, just curious.

At first I tried to use a dual splitter with one output HDMI cable at 10 ft to a monitor and another at 100 ft to a monitor. The 100 ft HDMI cable is too long to get a signal.

I then used this splitter to send 4 signals to separate monitors. One HDMI output cable at 10 ft in length, the second at 15 ft, the third at 30 ft Cmple HDMI Cable, 30 feet and the fourth at 30 ft Cmple HDMI Cable, 30 feet with an HDMI extender (amplifier - make sure you have the source side and output side correctly oriented and that the extender is plugged into an electrical socket) Tripp Lite B122-000 HDMI Extender, HDMI F/F and then a 40 ft HDMI cable 40ft Hdmi Male to Male Cable Gold Plated 1080p V1.3b (so for the final output the two cables and the extender now make a single 70 ft long cable in total length) to the 4th monitor. That system with four total monitors going at once, worked great. Without the HDMI extender (amplifier) it wouldn't have worked and a 40 ft cable would have been too long coming out of the splitter. At least I couldn't get a proper signal from the 40 ft cable. Hope this helps

This splitter works great. It shipped quickly and the price was right. I'm using it on the output from my Dish Network 722 receiver, with a 3 ft cable connecting to the nearby living room TV and a 50 ft Insten Super High Res. Gold HDMI cable to a nearby bedroom TV. The picture and sound over the 50 ft cable are indistinguishable from the living room TV. I was unsure whether to try the 50 ft run but the price of both this splitter and the cable (from Amazon) were great and Amazon's return policy is great so I went for and am not disappointed. The only down side is that output 1 of the splitter can only feed a stereo audio signal to the A/V receiver on my main surround system in the living room, and I cannot get Dolby Digital as before. This is not the splitter's fault but just the way HDMI works. Since splitter output 2 is connected directly to TV 2 and can only take a stereo signal, then all splitter outputs will provide only the stereo audio. I may fix this later, either by adding an HDMI-compatible A/V receiver (and speakers) to TV 2 or by moving the splitter to the output of my main A/V receiver.

I used this to run 3 Samsung 1080p sets from a single HD Digital Cable box. The length of run to the 1st set was 50ft; the 2nd was 25ft; and the 3rd was 15ft. Everything looked perfect on all TVs at the maximum resolution of 1080i/720p. It has a LED's to indicate it has power and connectivity if you need to troubleshoot. You can't hook it up incorrectly since the input is on the end and the outputs are all grouped together on the back. It is a little awkward to situate because of this but I had it hidden in a cabinet so it didn't matter. It is heavy and feels sturdy although it comes in a super generic box with hardly any documentation. Power supply is common - if it blows out, a replacement should be easily found locally.
Overall, it provides a solution and does exactly what you think it will.

Just got the splitter in the mail this morning. I have been through two other models in the past year & a half, one just burned out, one could never correctly communicate with more than one output device at the same time, and both would dummy down video resolution and audio encoding beyond the lowest common denominator in the chain to the point of degradation of the signal. I am splitting the HDMI output from a Yamaha RX-V665 AV Receiver, feeding a Sony 32" 1080p LCD monitor at the Receiver site, and a Philips 22" 720p monitor across the hall in a 2nd room approx 20-feet away. Watching USA v Ghana in the World Cup -- ABC is broadcasting in 1080i/Dolby Dig 5.1 -- cable box is outputting 1080i/DD 5.1 to the receiver -- receiver says it is outputting 1080i/DD 5.1 at the HDMI out with both monitors on. Picture clarity, sharpness, color, on each TV is absolutely stunning. Turn one TV off, there is a brief out & recovery of the TV that is still on and it continues to look great when it recovers. Audio isn't really an issue in my setup since it is decoded before the splitter at the Receiver in the first room, and I have a separate TOSLINK run from the cable box to the second room's Receiver (TV spkrs off). Haven't tried my Blu-Ray player yet -- too busy digging cable TV right now. I'll add a comment when I do. Curious to see how it handles 24fps content which the Sony 32" is capable of, but the Philips 22" is not. Also, CEC is set to ON on both monitors, HDMI Control ON on the Receiver. No hiccups. Love this little unit so far! Great job!

I purchased this "used" from "J & R Galaxies". It was advertised as "used and tested and repackaged" and for that came with a price reduction. When I obtained this splitter, it appeared to be new. It was perfectly packaged and worked perfectly. I am using this as an HDMI splitter for my home. I have a "Time Warner" cable box with only one HDMI output. I wanted to send that HDMI signal to another TV in my home. I used this powered splitter with a "Media Bridge", 3' cable from the cable box to the splitter and then a PTC, 100', amplified cable run to another TV. This splitter is advertised as "powered" and did indeed come wtih a 5 volt power supply which I of course used. The 100' cable has an amplifier in it as well. This "View HD" splitter has been working perfectly for about a month now. It transmits BOTH video and audio (as HDMI should) perfectly. The 100' cable run is through my basement ceiling and runs the length of my house. There is about a 3 to 4 second delay between channel changes with this powered splitter AND the 100', amplified cable run. I suspect that is because the HDMI signal must need to be synchronized if going through amps. I tried this without the 100' cable using another 3' cable from the splitter to a TV and that dropped the delay in channel changing to about 1 or 2 seconds. That does not bother me but if you are a "channel surfer" and expect to rapidly "click" through channels, this might be a problem for you. I suspect this would be a characteristic of any amplifed splitter/switch or cable. After shopping for a 4 port splitter, I found this to be an excellent value and it works perfectly for me. I have not tried this with a full 1080p, HDMI signal, only with by cable box output but so far, it works perfectly for me.

I connected the ViewHD 4 Port HDMI 1x4 Powered Splitter Ver 1.3 to the Tripp Lite wall plate extender with 50ft of Cat 6 cable, very easy to connect. I now have HD Directv on 3 tv's with 1 HR-22 dvr, The picture and sound is perfect. I would highly recommend this product.

The seller did not say that resolution on all outputs would be reduced to the highest resolution of the lowest rated device that was connected. However, it does plainly explain this in the user manual, and to allow different resolutions for different outputs would be significantly better, but probably much more expensive, and by using the lowest resolution device, hopefully all devices will be usable. Also, if the splitter is reset by removing power (it retains the lower resolution until it is reset), it loses memory and will reset to the higher output if that is the device that it is currently seeing. Also, once a device with a lower output is connected or powered up, the devices may have to be powered down once or twice to work with the splitter. As one of my TVs is 720p, one 1080i and two are 1080p, I decided the best solution was to set the DVR to 1080i even though this leaves a small black area around the 1080p TVs. I also decided it would be best to not use my 720p TV in this setup because I do not want to use that low a resolution on the primary TV (my DVR is my computer) or to have to reset the splitter after using the 720p TV.