DVI splitter??

[QwertyJuan]

If I want to send the same thing to two different monitors with a single DVI output... where would I get a splitter that would do this?? Doesn't have to be anything fancy.

QJ

 

[macrospect]

Time to resurrect an old thread

Does anyone have an answer to this? I am looking for the same thing. If anyone has tried this, please speak up. I am wondering if there is any signal degradation.


Basically I am trying to take the 2ND DVI port on my 6800, and split the signal 2 ways. 1 will go to a Dell monitor that I have, and the other to my Samsung CRT TV (via a HDMI port). I am not planning on using both at once, but I would like to keep my 2nd Dell monitor, so its there when I need to use my 6800's horizontal span function for extra desktop space.

 

[illgiveumorality]

Time to resurrect an old thread

Does anyone have an answer to this? I am looking for the same thing. If anyone has tried this, please speak up. I am wondering if there is any signal degradation.


Basically I am trying to take the 2ND DVI port on my 6800, and split the signal 2 ways. 1 will go to a Dell monitor that I have, and the other to my Samsung CRT TV (via a HDMI port). I am not planning on using both at once, but I would like to keep my 2nd Dell monitor, so its there when I need to use my 6800's horizontal span function for extra desktop space.

They don't support the same resolutions, and since they both do DDC, I bet you're going to have one big pain in the ass.

 

[macrospect]

Thats what I am thinking. I am looking for a switch, but I cant find any that suit my application (affordable anyway). Maybe I can make one out of a SCSI switcher. I would just need to find where to get DVI-I ports at.

EDIT:

Heres a photochop I did of what I am trying to accomplish:

 

[Oooska]

http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1403

Edit:
Cheaper (I have no idea how reliable these guys are): http://www.cablewholesale.com/catalog/dvisplitter.htm

That's a VERY pricey solution. Unfortunately that's probably the only one available. . .

 

[macrospect]

I found the Gefen one a little earlier. Its going ot be hard justifying that much on a damn splitter.

 

[^eMpTy^]

Have you already ruled out getting another video card and doing mirroring?

 

[macrospect]

I would like to do this with an external splitter of some kind. I am also out of slots

 

[Soparik2]

how about this one
its a kvm as well as a dvi switch and its pretty cheap
http://startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?ProductID=SV221DVI&mt=

 

[macrospect]

I am pretty sure KVM switches do the opposite of what I am trying to accomplish, and that they do not work backwards. I think they take 2 signals and send it to 1 device. What I am trying to do is take 1 signal and send it to 2 devices.

If anyone knows if KVM switches do work backwards let me know- although I am pretty sure they do not.

 

[Soparik2]

I am pretty sure KVM switches do the opposite of what I am trying to accomplish, and that they do not work backwards. I think they take 2 signals and send it to 1 device. What I am trying to do is take 1 signal and send it to 2 devices.

If anyone knows if KVM switches do work backwards let me know- although I am pretty sure they do not.

my bad i wasnt thinking straight
back in the old days kvm's could be reversed but not anymore as they are becoming more and more digital

 

[macrospect]

No problem. I just bought a Y. I am curious to see what happens. Hey, if it doesnt work then its only $10 wasted.