Is there a way to split off the audio/video feed so that the signal can be sent to another room for viewing independent of the source being watched? Don't laugh but I thought about trying to feed a TV in the bathroom off the home theater so that when someone needs to take a break he/she wouldn't miss anything and the movie wouldn't have to be paused.

I thought about doing the same thing in the next room or the bathroom.
I'm sure someone has done this.

Is there a way to split off the audio/video feed so that the signal can be sent to another room for viewing independent of the source being watched? Don't laugh but I thought about trying to feed a TV in the bathroom off the home theater so that when someone needs to take a break he/she wouldn't miss anything and the movie wouldn't have to be paused.

Yes, this can be done. What type of signal do you need to split (coax, composite, s-video, component, DVI or HDMI)? Each type of video signal would require different hardware.

A better question....what type of audio and video inputs does the bathroom TV have?

Well, since I am still atthe framing stage I can really do pretty much whatever I want. I will probably just get a small (25'' FP) for the wall. It'll probably have component as well as hdmi. I am running component and hdmi to the projector. Currently, I have no HD source but will in the near future. My receiver, Marantz 8300 (?) upconverts to component. I would like to be able to display whatever is running in the theater.

Would something like this work? www.kvms.com/products/EXT-HDMI-142.asp (http://).

the easier question is what type of outputs does the DVD player offer? You don't need a splitter if it has multiple outputs. You could theoretically connect the DVD player to your PJ via HDMI and then do a run of composite/component/S-video from the DVD player to the bathroom TV since you don't need the quality picture. Same with the audio from your amp/receiver.....presumably you can run some RCA cables (red and white) from the amp/receiver to your bathroom TV.

This is actually a pretty neat idea. If my room was just framed and not finished I would consider doing something similar. Maybe mount a tablet PC to the wall above the toilet. Use it as a digital picture frame most of the time, but during the game/movie I could use it as a second TV. All I'd need was a video input like a TV tuner card.

Hey if you are going to put a tablet PC there, why not put news (or sports) on it so that you could read in the bathroom..

Of course I have been guilty of bringing one of my tablet PC's into the bathroom...

Reed

Just FYI - there is another forum (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=36) on this site that deals with this (and similar) subjects, so you might find answers there.

James