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In response to "If your house is wired for audio and video, you're probably looking at professional level switching equipment." by Mop (196 lbs)

Interestingly, everything I'm reading suggests that for multi-room tv switching, hdmi is not really reliable and you really should use component

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Sep 2 '11, 15:49

cables. I've been on some A/V forums and they're filled with people struggling with hdmi switching and professionals telling them they're better off with component cables. Obviously different in a single room set up, but I think the switching and the long lengths of hdmi needed for multi-room cause problems.

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You're screwed with component if any of your signals are HDCP encrypted (which they will be). -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 2, 15:57 2
- And HDCP is? (and you see how shallow my knowledge base on this is). -- nm - pmb Sep 2, 16:03 1
  - HDCP is encryption that is carried by digital signals over HDMI. - Mop (196 lbs) Sep 2, 16:18
The newer hdmi is better. The prior standard doesn't have as much bandwidth. - David Sep 2, 15:53 1
- We ran into this in the museum meeting room. Ideally we'd have had the input panel at the back of the room and the projector mid-way between there and - MojaveMeg Sep 2, 15:57

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Interestingly, everything I'm reading suggests that for multi-room tv switching, hdmi is not really reliable and you really should use component

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