Do Svideo splitters work?

I've going around to a few forums asking for the best advice on how to
take my one svideo output on D*tivo to both my tv and dvd recorder.

It is a pain to try to get to the back of my equipment, especially when
plugging and unplugging those svideo cables so I was thinking of a
distribution center of some sort. I found one with one svideo input and
four outputs at Rat Shack but they wanted $45 for the thing. Also, I do
not have a receiver with svideo inputs/outputs that I can use for this.

I have received several suggestions including buying an svideo "Y"
splitter. I could not find one at CC, BB or Rat Shack so that tells me
there must be something bad about trying to split svideo, but I don't
know. I did find such a splitter on the net for like four bucks but I
do not want to loose any video quality.

Does anyone know if these "Y" splitters work or am I stuck with the $45
powered distribution center? Thanks in advance.

MARTY

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 05:20:00 -0600, (shortspark)
wrote:

I've going around to a few forums asking for the best advice on how to
take my one svideo output on D*tivo to both my tv and dvd recorder.

I'm using a splitter on my Dish receiver to feed a DVD recorder and
the TV directly. There is a slight loss of brightness on each source
but can be adjusted. Looks about the same as direct connection on a
50" plasma.


It is a pain to try to get to the back of my equipment, especially when
plugging and unplugging those svideo cables so I was thinking of a
distribution center of some sort. I found one with one svideo input and
four outputs at Rat Shack but they wanted $45 for the thing. Also, I do
not have a receiver with svideo inputs/outputs that I can use for this.

I have received several suggestions including buying an svideo "Y"
splitter. I could not find one at CC, BB or Rat Shack so that tells me
there must be something bad about trying to split svideo, but I don't
know. I did find such a splitter on the net for like four bucks but I
do not want to loose any video quality.

Does anyone know if these "Y" splitters work or am I stuck with the $45
powered distribution center? Thanks in advance.

MARTY