Customer Reviews

ViewHD 2 Port HDMI 1x2 Powered Splitter Ver 1.3 Certified for Full HD 1080P & 3D (One Input To Two Outputs)

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I have a DirecTV HR20 receiver and a Samsung TV that had a 50 ft run I was trying to split off in another room from the main TV. I tried the regular HDMI splitter but could only get video but no sound. After doing some research I found out I needed an active splitter. The original one suggested to me ran around $150. I came across this unit and read through the helpful comments. This unit worked perfect with no quality loss. Unit is very small as well which enables you to put it behind the receiver and you don't even know it is there.

Bought this item so that my son would have the option of displaying my PS3 picture on my computer monitor -OR- on our 46" Samsung 1080p TV set. We got tired of having to wait for him to "finish a game" or "just a moment" to watch our TV. But splitting the HDMI out on the PS3 two ways with this device, we now can direct him to just turn on the PC monitor to continue his gaming -OR- if we aren't using the TV, he can play the PS3 in it's much bigger viewing on the TV. You can also watch it on both at the same time, and both have an excellent picture with no loss of picture quality.

This is EXACTLY why I bought this, and it has worked flawlessly so far.

If you need to split one HDMI output for two possible HD screens, then I would highly recommend this device. If you are trying to use this item for some thing that this device clearly isn't designed for, you might want to try something else. But it works great for it's intended purpose!

I was skeptical when I bought this unit. I needed to split my HDMI in order to feed 2 CRT projectors in a stacked arrangement. I was also using custom timings at 1080p60, which gives some of my other equipment fits. To my delight, this splitter worked perfectly. I am able to run both pj's at the same time, or one at a time for independent convergence which has to be done periodically.
The only thing I don't like is the bright red led's. They show up too much in my very dark home theater. I would have liked a much dimmer led, perhaps in blue or green. Red means something is wrong in my mind, and in this case it indicates everything is OK.
I highly recommend this very reasonably priced item.

I bought this item to send my Sony BluRay video to my Philips TV or to an Epson projector through a Sony AV receiver. The problem was that the sound through the Sony AV receiver always reverted to Dolby Prologic, even if the BluRay was 5.1 or 7.1. This was with the TV turned completely off. Somehow, the presence of the turned off TV on one output was affecting the handshake between the BluRay and AV Receiver through the other output. It may have been some fault of the TV maybe to affect it this way. But, I even tried unplugging the TV from the wall socket, to make sure it was all the way OFF. Still, the same result. However, if I unplugged the HDMI output to the TV, then the handshake was perfect and I was getting 5.1/7.1 sound. Their recommended config is to put the BluRay to the Amp first, then switch the video output to TV or Projector, but that does not fit my needs (I want to use the built in TV speakers when playing on the TV, and amplified sound when playing on projector).

To their credit, the support person worked with me on this promptly, had me try a few thing, and issued an RMA (this was all done via email, which I prefer). I had to pay to ship it back, but got a full and courteous refund, so I can't fault the seller (unlike some of the other posters here).

The solution to my problem was to buy an HDMI A/B mechanical switch. Not as elegant as having this automatic switch (I have to remember to switch it each time or face a blank screen wondering why!). But, it is a MUCH cheaper solution (got it from monoprice), and it works flawlessly every time with perfect handshake.

I bought this to connect two 1080p TVs to my HD Tivo. From the beginning, I could not watch the TVs independently, they both had to be on for the unit to work marginally well. I also had problems with one of the TVs flickering. The problem became so bad that I was about to contact the manufacturer to get help. Then I did a little research and found out that my HDMI cables could be the problem. I bought some newer cables, replaced them and reconnected everything. It now works perfectly. I can play the TVs independently from one another and the flickering issue is gone. This box works flawlessly and the quality could not be better. I highly recommend this unit. In fact, I am planning to upgrade to the larger (1x4 box) since I want to connect a third TV. One thing you need to be aware of--the box will downgrade the signal to the lowest common signal when watching two TVs with different resolutions. If you have TVs with different resolutions, say a 1080p and a 720p, the unit will display 720p for all attached TVs.

I was asked to share my experience with this HDMI Powered Splitter 1x2 V1.3 Certified HDTV 1080P. The only thing I might add to an all ready extensive review of this product is about the High-Res Audio applications. I bought mine for use with a Lumagen Video Processor and a PIONEER KURO Front Projector (a re-badged JVC DLA LCOS Projector). I needed to send a 1080P image from my Blu-Ray player to my video processor and on to my projector. Using the splitter I was also able to transmit a DTS Master Audio and a Dolby True HD audio track to my Pre-Amp. The splitter handled both the decoded High-Res audio and the raw bit-stream versions. The splitter handled all the HDCP hand-shakes with ease. The only reason this is worth mentioning is in another review it was specified not to connect the splitter before the receiver (pre-amp) as the TV would cause High-Res audio to be down converted. The sound needs to understood by every device in the HDMI path, TV's couldn't handle the High-Res audio so it was down converted for them. Projectors not having sound capability do not compromise the sound Res. By connecting this way I got a cleaner signal to my video processor and on to projector and still have High-Res audio. I also have the out-put from my pre-amp free to run to my TV!

This items works great, and had a great price too. I used it to split the HD output of my TiVo, one for the Living room 1080p TV right near it, and one a 50 foot cable through the ceiling to the 720p TV in the bedroom so I can watch HD shows off my TiVo there too (controlled by remote via X10 powermid). The picture on both sides is beautiful.

Purchased Onkyo TX SR 706 which has a problem with clipping the video signal from my Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray in "Pass Through Mode". More specifically it was limiting the BTB & WTW portion of the Video signal. This maybe a marginal issue with most users, but I couldn't get past it knowing that I spent $550 on a receiver that couldn't pass through an unaltered signal back to my Samsung HL61A750.
After much agonizing research I found that the Firefold HDMI splitter may solve the problem. Purchased it . Effectively split the HDMI video and Audio to the TV and Onkyo and solved the above clipping problem. However, the overall picture and audio seemed to be lacking something.
Purchased this HDMI splitter and completely love it. HDMI signal split as in the Firefold product, except the video and Audio seemed much better! Would recommend it above the Firefold strictly on performance, but it costs $20 less too!
I don't know why other reviewers in this post say the HDMI Video & Audio signal can't be split with this product?

My biggest beef with this whole issue is Onkyo. The TX SR 706 and TX SR 806 cannot pass through an unaltered Blu-ray signal using HDMI. This is documented in a review of the TX SR 806 in the "Secrets of Home Theater" (Oct'08). Onkyo still denies this problem exists and keeps saying "We have never heard of this problem" even though it is documented that many customer have called to report it. Onkyo has moved on to the 2009 models and will not admit this problem with the 2008 lineup of receivers. Anyway, Onkyo offers no problem solving help for current owners and offer no firmware upgrade to fix the problem, because they stick to the claim the issue doesn't exist.

Wow.......what a stupid company!

I'm running my PS3 into the splitter, with one output directly to a small Vizio TV and the other to my receiver (where it's then output to my 50" Sony SXRD TV.) I can have either on by themselves, or play games on the PS3 on the Vizio while my wife is watching a TV show or DVD on the Sony, and have no loss of signal. Works great!

I have bought this device so that I can watch my DVR on 2 tv. One in my living room one in bed room. Works like a charm. Very good built!! solid metal casing. The nice led indicator on the device lights up whenever the receiving tv is turned on. The video and sound quality is superber. I love it. Highly recommend it!!!