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I'm thinking of taking advantage of the black Friday sales and buying a new HD set for the family room. Currently I have a 622 connected to my HD set in the living room. I use the RF output to feed the other TV's in the house and generally operate the 622 in single mode. (Same program on every TV.) If I get an HD set in the family room, I would like to extend the HD output to that room - about 80 feet. My living room set has component and DVI inputs, and I am currently using the component output of the 622 to feed the living room set. I have never used the HDMI port on my 622. As I see it, I have several options for using one 622 with two sets:
1) Get an HDMI to DVI cable and Optical audio cable for the living room TV. Then run 80 feet of component cable to the new family room TV.
2) Keep the living room TV the way it is, and run a long HDMI cable to the family room TV - but I'm thinking this might require installing a signal amplifier, which could add another $120 to the cost.
3) Get a $150 component video signal splitter & amplifier and feed both sets with the component output.
Option #3 is the most expensive, but given the problems others have reported with the HDMI output, I'm guessing it might be the most reliable. I'm also not sure how long a run I can have with either component or HDMI cables before the signal becomes unusable. I'm planning to buy inexpensive cables from Monoprice.com. Any thoughts or advice - especially from anyone who has already done this?
1) Get an HDMI to DVI cable and Optical audio cable for the living room TV. Then run 80 feet of component cable to the new family room TV.
2) Keep the living room TV the way it is, and run a long HDMI cable to the family room TV - but I'm thinking this might require installing a signal amplifier, which could add another $120 to the cost.
3) Get a $150 component video signal splitter & amplifier and feed both sets with the component output.
Option #3 is the most expensive, but given the problems others have reported with the HDMI output, I'm guessing it might be the most reliable. I'm also not sure how long a run I can have with either component or HDMI cables before the signal becomes unusable. I'm planning to buy inexpensive cables from Monoprice.com. Any thoughts or advice - especially from anyone who has already done this?