Multiple TV hookups?

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:34 am

Hey guys I had a quick question about multiple TV's. From what I understand, my computer does support duel screens. But I have my touchscreen LCD plugged into the regular VGA hookup. I was going to buy this or something like it http://www.usbgear.com/USBG-HD15.html run the wire to my 40" LCD which has a VGA hook up I believe. So I'll have the computer monitor where I'll control the songs, and the 40" TV for the crowd, and I wanted to buy a 22" TV for the singer. My question is, is it possible to connect the 22" to the 40"? I just want the 22" to duplicate the 40" screen. Oh, and this is for a basement setup. Thanks in advance.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:42 am

what you need is a splitter not another video card. unless your touchscreen is your main screen and even then you need the splitter on top of that connector.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:32 am

OK thanks Dan, so I'll do the splitter. And then can I connect a smaller TV from the 40" TV? My touchscreen is my main screen, so I want my touchscreen, then two TV's to just display the lyrics.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:22 pm

Okay then you need the item that you linked to plus the splitter.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:04 pm

Oh, so I need the splitter and the usb video card hook up? the 40" and the 22" will be like 15 feet from my computer, thats why I was thinking if there was a way to just link the 40" and 22" together. So it would be wire from my computer to my 40" then a wire from 40 to 22 to just duplicate on the 22".

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:33 pm

no the wire from the usb video card would go to the splitter and each tv would come off of the splitter.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:58 pm

oh ok, i gotcha. but if the video card has a vga out hook up, i run a vga wire, and that plugs into splitter, but do they sell splittlers that have vga in, and what are the out? hdmi or component?

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:21 pm

this is what I mean by splitter:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SVGA-Monitor-Video- ... 1914wt_952

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:39 am

OK, thanks Dan. I actually thought of that after I posted, so ill just look for a 22" TV with a PC hookup.

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:25 am

At some point the picture quality is going to degrade from the multiple TVs and the wire length and might require a signal amplifier.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:17 am

yea i figured i would prob lose some kind of quality. are they expensive or difficult? i tried searching but couldnt find anything that look like itll work. can you point me in the right direction, thanks again. i found this http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ ... 4#feedback

its a splitter and it looks like its an amplifier to improve signal, would this work?

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:37 pm

That would probably do it but at $100 I would make sure I need it first.

I've always used coax (cable TV wire) and a coax amplifier to feed TVs.

alkalinesi · Post by **alkalinesi** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:22 pm

Bigdog wrote:That would probably do it but at $100 I would make sure I need it first.

I've always used coax (cable TV wire) and a coax amplifier to feed TVs.

nah it says for 1 its $31.21. you might of looked at the original value.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:54 pm

It would definitely do the job.

MikoZuna · Post by **MikoZuna** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:36 am

alkalinesi wrote:OK thanks Dan, so I'll do the splitter. And then can I connect a smaller TV from the 40" TV? My touchscreen is my main screen, so I want my touchscreen, then two TV's to just display the lyrics.

for 40$ radio shack sells a splitter amplifier.. it has an s video, component, in then the other side has 4 out.. they make different styles some with hdmi ins and out, some with vga ins and outs..

f you only have vga out, you can pic up at comp usa or ebay a lttle splitter that will convert vga to any of those ofther formats.. then run that into splitter..

I prefer Svideo ove Composite or Compnent.. also for cost over HDMI.. a 50foot run of HDMI os going to cost you a lot more then same said 50 of s video..