Help. How can I get two into one?

I wish to connect my new Blu-Ray player to my 4 year old Sony HDTV monitor which
has only one DVI input. I also wish to connect my Comcast HD cable box to the
same input. I would like to avoid the expense of having to buy another switch
box (I already have a Zektor for other purposes). Does anyone know if I can get
a Y splitter cable which will enable me to plug the cable box and the Blu-ray
into the same input and if so, will that degrade the picture quality in any way?

Thank you for any help.

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"Cuddly Duddly" wrote:

I wish to connect my new Blu-Ray player to my 4 year old Sony HDTV
monitor which has only one DVI input. I also wish to connect my
Comcast HD cable box to the same input. I would like to avoid the
expense of having to buy another switch box (I already have a Zektor
for other purposes). Does anyone know if I can get a Y splitter
cable which will enable me to plug the cable box and the Blu-ray into
the same input and if so, will that degrade the picture quality in
any way?


You can't. HDMI is a point to point protocol.

--
Tom Stiller

PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

I am not sure what a point to point protocol is, but I understand the words "I
can't". Thanks for your help.


"Tom Stiller" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Cuddly Duddly" wrote:

I wish to connect my new Blu-Ray player to my 4 year old Sony HDTV
monitor which has only one DVI input. I also wish to connect my
Comcast HD cable box to the same input. I would like to avoid the
expense of having to buy another switch box (I already have a Zektor
for other purposes). Does anyone know if I can get a Y splitter
cable which will enable me to plug the cable box and the Blu-ray into
the same input and if so, will that degrade the picture quality in
any way?


You can't. HDMI is a point to point protocol.

--
Tom Stiller

PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

The HDMI Device providing the signal and the television set communicate via
a data stream creating a functional connection to handle the signals sent to
the television. When another device is connected to the HDMI connector the
two devices again need to communicate via a data stream to produce an
acceptable signal flow. Splicing the two signals together onto one supposive
HDMI cable would confuse the communications between the devices and the
television and the appropiate protocol required for the appropiate signal
transfer will never be realized. The communication is referred to as
"Handshaking". Cheers
"FDR" wrote in message
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Cuddly Duddly wrote:
I am not sure what a point to point protocol is, but I understand the
words "I can't". Thanks for your help.

Think of an ethernet connection. Only one wire can go from your router to
your PC.




"Tom Stiller" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Cuddly Duddly" wrote:

I wish to connect my new Blu-Ray player to my 4 year old Sony HDTV
monitor which has only one DVI input. I also wish to connect my
Comcast HD cable box to the same input. I would like to avoid the
expense of having to buy another switch box (I already have a Zektor
for other purposes). Does anyone know if I can get a Y splitter
cable which will enable me to plug the cable box and the Blu-ray into
the same input and if so, will that degrade the picture quality in
any way?

You can't. HDMI is a point to point protocol.

--
Tom Stiller

PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

On Sep 8, 8:07 pm, "AJ" wrote:
The HDMI Device providing the signal and the television set communicate via
a data stream creating a functional connection to handle the signals sent to
the television. When another device is connected to the HDMI connector the
two devices again need to communicate via a data stream to produce an
acceptable signal flow. Splicing the two signals together onto one supposive
HDMI cable would confuse the communications between the devices and the
television and the appropiate protocol required for the appropiate signal
transfer will never be realized. The communication is referred to as
"Handshaking". Cheers"FDR" wrote in message

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Cuddly Duddly wrote:
I am not sure what a point to point protocol is, but I understand the
words "I can't". Thanks for your help.

Think of an ethernet connection. Only one wire can go from your router to
your PC.

"Tom Stiller" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Cuddly Duddly" wrote:

I wish to connect my new Blu-Ray player to my 4 year old Sony HDTV
monitor which has only one DVI input. I also wish to connect my
Comcast HD cable box to the same input. I would like to avoid the
expense of having to buy another switch box (I already have a Zektor
for other purposes). Does anyone know if I can get a Y splitter
cable which will enable me to plug the cable box and the Blu-ray into
the same input and if so, will that degrade the picture quality in
any way?

You can't. HDMI is a point to point protocol.

--
Tom Stiller

PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF

Switch box? All's fine with -PTP- but what happens once the signals
are shut off and devices powered down. . .they get powered back up and
protocols need be reestablished. Stuff a switch in there (same thing
as disconnecting the cable and reconnecting to another source), and
the only downside is having to power down to switch sources. (Reminds
me of laser printers and "active" switch boxes to avoid blowing the
laser input communication diodes.)