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    I just purchased a Hauppauge HD PVR and will be recording from 2 different satellite receivers in the same room. I am hoping to avoid plugging and unplugging from the back of the PVR. I have read some reviews of splitters but most are criticized for degrading HD video quality. Similarly, there is some general conversation in these reviews about adding an amp to maintain HD quality. Can anyone recommend a splitter that will maintain HD but also won't cost a fortune?
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    Originally Posted by danielmak View Post
    I just purchased a Hauppauge HD PVR and will be recording from 2 different satellite receivers in the same room. I am hoping to avoid plugging and unplugging from the back of the PVR. I have read some reviews of splitters but most are criticized for degrading HD video quality. Similarly, there is some general conversation in these reviews about adding an amp to maintain HD quality. Can anyone recommend a splitter that will maintain HD but also won't cost a fortune?
    Component carries HD video, not composite. Splitters connect a single source to two or more inputs, but you need a switch not a splitter, to connect two or more sources with a single input.

    I don't have a specific recommendation but this is an example of a switch for 5.1 audio as well as component video. http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011007&p_id=...seq=1&format=2
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    And don't forget you will need three component cables for input and another to loop to your HDTV (total 4 cables).
    http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10235

    You'll also need 3 S/PDIF audio cables on the input side and another to feed the audio receiver.
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    I forgot to check the type of 5.1 audio connection for the example switch in my post above. It won't work with the HD-PVR for 5.1 audio because the S/PDIF connection it provides is coaxial, and the HD-PVR needs optical.

    This component video switch has optical S/PDIF: http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-40324-Component-Performance/dp/B000AM3U2I
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    My set-up is the opposite. I have the optical from my cable STB going to my receiver, The coax from the STB is connected to a S/PDIF converter which is hooked to the Hauppauge and an optical cable out from the Hauppauge but it is not connected to anything. It's just to fool the Hauppauge into passthrough so that it will record 5.1 audio. It won't record 5.1 without passthrough.

    I have the Component cables coming from the STB and connected to heavy duty composite splitters with one end connected to the TV and a set of component cables going to the Hauppauge.

    The reason that I have it set up this way is so that I don't have to leave the Hauppauge on all the time. Audio and video passthrough does not work with the Hauppauge turned off.
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