I have blackbirds at both my office and home and distribute tv all around my office and house with this. The TVs are also smart, so if you want to watch something different you can, but you can also have the same thing on all TVs at once. This way you aren't on different streams with different syncs so the audio from one room isn't delayed or ahead of what you are watching in your room.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM Cameron Crum <[email protected]> wrote: > I use an HDMI to cat6 splitter. It has a module on one end that you plug > the hdmi into and then multiple cat6 ports. Looks a bit like a switch. Then > you have modules on the other end that you plug the cat6 into and has an > hdmi out. IT also handles the IR with extension ir plugins on the TV end. I > got it from monoprice and it's called a Blackbird. They come in > different sizes like 4 or 6 or even more ports. > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, there’s the catch. So it probably wouldn’t work. >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Joe Novak >> *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2026 2:46 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] streaming device to more than 1 TV? >> >> >> >> All content is now protected by HDCP, which is part of the HDMI standard. >> It shouldn't work with the splitter, but you can search for more >> information using that detail. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Seems like we’re in peak sports season at the moment. I get people >> saying they are streaming the same game on several TVs at the same time, >> and I suspect they don’t want to be able to separately >> pause/rewind/fastforward each TV, they just want to watch like old >> fashioned “linear TV”. But in multiple rooms, or on multiple screens at >> their watch party. >> >> >> >> Now, the people on fiber probably don’t care if they are wasting >> bandwidth, but for some it does matter. >> >> >> >> Does anyone here know if there is a way to use an external streaming >> device (Roku, Fire TV, Google Streamer, Onn, Apple TV, etc.) and route the >> HDMI output to more than one screen? I’m envisioning that whoever has the >> remote for the streaming stick or box would control the stream for all the >> TVs. >> >> >> >> If I search on Amazon, I see HDMI switches and splitters. A switch won’t >> work, but it sounds like a splitter would, like this? >> >> https://www.amazon.com/MT-ViKI-Splitter-Power-Adapter-Mirror/dp/B07T67CLB7 >> >> Only problem now is getting HDMI to another room. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >
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