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[TWC] Can I run 2 TV's off one set-top box this way?

I'm going to be getting TWC soon. At the same time I'm running my main TV via the HDMI from the STB, can I have the component cables or coaxial out hooked up to a TV in another room? I realize the STB won't be controlled in the second room. Just wanting to know if 2 TV's can be operated like that simultaneously without any deleterious effect on either set's reception. As a corollary, are HDMI splitters any good for running 2 TV's? Thanks.

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Yes

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Won't both TVs and rooms be watching the same thing?

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I'm curious to see if this actually works "Use HDMI + Composite" jacks at the same time. I thought I had read that one cancels out the other. But I may be wrong.Also I wonder about the SDV also.

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said by ds5v50:

I'm curious to see if this actually works "Use HDMI + Composite" jacks at the same time. I thought I had read that one cancels out the other. But I may be wrong.Also I wonder about the SDV also.

I have run HDMI + Composite + Firewire + S-Video all at the same time in the past. No problem. This has no effect on SDV. You are watching only one thing; the same video is shown on all outputs (except S-Video is scaled down to 480i).
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Think it depends on the box then. When I tried it (don't remember if it was with my current Samsung box or the one I had before that) when I connected the HDMI, the Composite output dropped out.

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That could be. I've got Motorola boxes.

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Think it depends on the box then. When I tried it (don't remember if it was with my current Samsung box or the one I had before that) when I connected the HDMI, the Composite output dropped out.

I wonder if composite dropped out for its DRM/copy protection, but then others should too.

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said by ds5v50:

I'm curious to see if this actually works "Use HDMI + Composite" jacks at the same time. I thought I had read that one cancels out the other. But I may be wrong.Also I wonder about the SDV also.

I use it to feed my patio TV and our back living room TV just fine. Has worked on all Motorola DVR's we've had for the past 7 years.