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27-03-2009
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Hi everyone I have a Sony Bravia HD TV and it has only 1 HDMI input. This input I currently use for Sky HD. Everything is working great. However I now want to purchase a DVD player. The DVD player will require an HDMI input, but I only have 1. My thoughts are that I can probably buy some sort of "piggy back" device to connect both HDMI devices to. But if this is so, how does the TV know which device to connect to? Would it be that it connects to either device that is switched on? I am used to SCSI where I pop a DVD in and it takes over and just plays. In the past I haven't had to worry about swithing the Sky box off. All help is appreciated Tomsdad | ||
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27-03-2009
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I can only assume that an HDMI switch will meet your needs, I am not recommending I just googled to see if there was such a thing | ||
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27-03-2009
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My System: Zone1, DSI8215 SkyHD, Thomson DSI4214, TF5000CI, Dreambox DM800 HD PVR - Nab BH0.12, TM-5200D, Gibertini 104cm, SNH-031, 36v Actuator, Vbox-II, 42°E to 30°W, Sling Media, Televes H45 Digital Processing Analyser, Satlook Micro+G2 NIT, Rover SDM 1s | HDMI switcher For example _http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/hdmi-switcher.html Edit: too slow, lol | ||
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28-03-2009
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My System: Humax 5400irc 80cm Dish Invacom 0.3 LNB ToH 3.3 5.7. P4 Xp home 3.2 pro. | Hi Thomas87, Maplin has a 4 way Switch as in (Topper) thread. It has a Remote. It is also Auto sensing. It has Optical Out. BF... | ||
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29-08-2009
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My System: Dreambox 7020Si receiver, PLi image loaded and Irdeto and Viaccess cards installed. Dishes for Nilesat + Hotbird with lnb's for BADR and Eurobird 9 | With all these new services perhaps it is time to buy an AV amp to get the best sound from the new devices?? This would solve your HDMI problem as well  | ||
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29-08-2009
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My System: Motorised ASC 1.2m,1224 Supermount with C120 Invacom Quad LNB with Matched Feedhorn. | Another option dependant on your sky HD box model and tv of course, It may be possible to connect the sky hd box via component leads and the dvd via hdmi, (although the quality is supposidly not as clear via component compared to HDMI, i happly had mine connected in this manner and could see no difference in picture quality) | ||
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29-08-2009
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Blog Entries: 5 My System: Pace Sky HD, DM7000s, CubeRevo 3000HDPVR, Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Televes H45 Digital Spectrum analyser. | I bought a little three way HDMI switch for £12 from Ebay | ||
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29-08-2009
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My System: 1,25 Fibostop Jäger Smr 1224 & Smo 36 Dual Axsis Motor Dynasat F1 Monterey 140 Drembox 800 sky Pace HD Box Tagra 2,20 M Fullsize Dish Echostar 2,40m Mesh for cband! | Hello! i also use this kind of hdmi swticher with 4 ports! how about,the quality of cheap hdmi cables,are the a big diffrence,when everthing is transmitted digital,why then we should spend more money,in the cable? | ||
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