This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: DVI Splitter

As a follow-up, I would caution you on one last point that might already be obvious:

Make sure that both Client and VO Booth monitors are capable of running at the exact same resolution.

You would not want your Client monitor to be displaying 1920 x 1080 -- and the VO Booth monitor displaying 1920 x 1200 (or some other variant of computer graphics card resolution).

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@...> wrote:
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> There are a number of possible scenarios -- however it sounded like you wanted to split the video signal going to your client plasma display -- and 'mirror' it in your VO Booth.
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> My assumption was that your graphics card was driving your client plasma using an HDMI cable (possibly using a DVI-HDMI adapter on your computer graphics card). Of course, I could be mistaken and you might be using DVI to feed the plasma -- but I think that's unlikely.
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> If my assumptions are correct, your most straightforward options would seem to be the following two scenarios:
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> Computer Video Card DVI Output --->
> DVI Cable --->
> Gefen DVI Splitter Input --->
> DVI-HDMI Adapters on the Gefen Outputs --->
> HDMI Cables --->
> Client Plasma and VO Booth Monitor
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> Computer Video Card DVI Output
> DVI-HDMI Adapter on Video Card Output --->
> HDMI Cable --->
> Gefen HDMI Splitter Input --->
> HDMI Cables --->
> Client Plasma and VO Booth Monitor
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> I am definitely not a Gefen fanboy -- but if you go the HDMI route you might consider this 2:1 splitter: http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=8475
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> Just be aware that EDID issues can crop up regardless of using DVI or HDMI splitter boxes. However, one possible advantage of going the HDMI route is that (at least Gefen) provides an EDID Management feature which handshakes with the graphics card -- providing a virtual EDID profile to the graphics card.
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> This feature largely circumvents the contention that occurs when multiple monitors hanging off a single splitter try to tell the graphics card what they are capable of -- and how to behave.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@> wrote:
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> > So DVI out of the video card to a splitter. One side (DVI) to computer monitor and HDMI to video monitor?
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "blafarm" <blafarm@> wrote:
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> > > I have had good results with Gefen's DVI splitter:
> > > http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=1403
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> > > The best scenario is using the same brand and model monitor in both locations. If the two monitors are different -- you might have to play around a bit with how they are connected to the splitter due to EDID issues.
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> > > Another approach, which I also use, is an HDMI splitter. You would simply buy HDMI-DVI adapter(s) for the devices that have DVI ports.
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> > > The advantage of this approach is the availability of longer and less expensive HDMI cables. If you go this route, pay close attention to the gender of the HDMI-DVI adapters you are ordering.
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> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "ksirul" <kenavid2@> wrote:
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> > > > The computer in our ProTools room has 2 video cards. One sends signal to 2 standard computer monitors, the other sends to a Plasma we use for client monitor. We are re-working our VO booth and replacing the video monitor in their that was fed via composite video from either a Canopus or a Mojo. I would like to just split the DVI connection going to the client monitor and send that to a monitor in the VO booth. This should work right? Any issues?
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