6x2 Video distribution over coax.

Hello and thanks for helping me out.

My problem:
I have a set of 3 32" displays and a set of 2 60" displays that I need to get video to from 6 input devices (sat box, xbox 360, camera feed over coax, dvd player, vhs player, computer)

I need to be able to have different sources on each set of tvs (the 30 inches and 60 inchers) and the ability to have the same source on all of them.

The video from the switcher to the tvs will be carried over already run coaxial cable. The audio will be run from each source device through a powered mixer then to wall speakers.


1. What can I buy to do the switching with independently controllable outputs(just need two coax outputs).

2. Will I run into any issues doing this.


Thanks for your time
Mel

They are hd panels. All sources are sd(use a video and rca outs on dvd player and sat box) we may go hd eventually just not right now. Sat box and video game console will only be used occasionally.

If there are any other bits of info you need please let me know.

I will be running a 1 > 2 coax splitter before the 60" panels and a 1 > 3 splitter before the 32" panels both of these after the switcher.
WIlling to sacrifice some quality for cost.

Inputs to be used:
S-Video
RCA Video
VGA

Would Also Like, But Not Needed:
DVI Video
Component Video

Outputs:
SVIDEO
and / or
Coax
Edited by melagius - 1/4/13 at 7:00pm

1) What's your budget?
A few hundred max

2) Is running additional wiring out of the question?
No, just can't spend much money on it.

3) Are all the displays HD? Do they have ATSC tuners built-in? (anything in the last 5 years will)
They are new vizio flat panels, have yet to recieve the 60" units.

4) Who's the sat provider?
Directv, will only be used occasionally - very ok with SD quality.

Sorry to keep posting...
http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Go-28750-Composite-Selector/dp/B0032ANC8M/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1357355434&sr=1-1&keywords=2+output+video+switch

I just want something like that with a few more inputs and the ability to run one thing to each output simultaneously.

That looks like it would work perfectly,
Do you happen to know of a model that would have additional inputs off the top of your head?


Thanks again.

Are there any solutions that would also allow for component video?

And will this be "ok" quality, i don't want to spend the money and get a terrible picture - not that i am expecting anything perfect.

And do you have any suggestions for an RF amplifier and 5 way splitter?

Would i be able to run an antenna for ota tv to one of the above mentioned units and send the signal through the chain?

Is there an inexpensive way to do HD over coax or another cheap cable (ethernet?)


Thank you very much everyone for all of your help.
Edited by melagius - 1/5/13 at 8:15pm

I really wish i could just do the HDMI/Cat5e method - just don't think i can get them to spend that much money.

And i am not sure that hdmi would work since i am also needing an audio signal (pref rca) sent to this external mixer directly from each source.

Is there a cheaper and decent solution if im ok with the same image on every tv at once?

And all of these televisions are in the same room. Roughly 30x60.

Thanks for all your help
Edited by melagius - 1/6/13 at 12:48pm

I'm doing some video work for a local youth community center(Great group of people doing good work for the kids, keeping them "off the street" and what not) - I'm good for anything relating to computers or pro audio - its the video distribution stuff that is above me.

They have a medium sized upper room they use for classes and as a general hang out area.

We want to set up three tvs on one wall for use during classes and for general movie watching, and will also have two big panels on another wall for watching football games or
teaching classes with bigger groups.

I am running all of the video and audio back to a cabinate in a closet off the main room which is at most 30ft away from the farthest tv.
It will have a powered audio mixer, the combo VHS/DVD player, Directv Reciever, Gaming Console, computer (eventually), and an extra input for future use.

Just FYI the audio will be two nice JBL wall speakers (donated) near the two big tvs, and four ceiling speakers spread throughout the room for fill (also donated),
the wall speakers will be run to the main out on a mackie power mixer, and the ceiling speakers will be run to the monitor out on the same mixer.
Im guessing that i will just use RCA to 1/4" cables to get each source to the mixer. (I'd like each source on a separate channel so that while one source is going
through the main speakers, another source can be playing through the ceiling speakers and/or the same source can be on both)

I would like to make the setup as simple as possible so that it can be used while i am not there.

Ideally i'd like it so that they can watch one source on the three smaller tvs and one source on the two bigger tvs at the same time,
keeping in mind that the audio will be fed directly from the source to a channel on the audio mixer.

My budget is not existent and anything i have to buy (except the donated tvs) will be out of my small pockets.

They are HD panels, but we are ok with an SD feed (as long as its decent) for now and its easy for me to run more cable in the future.


I hope that was not to long,
and i genuinely mean it when i say that i appreciate all of your help!
Thank you!

So i would go:

Source > HDMI 4x2 Matrix > ???? > Cat5 Cable > ???? > Hdmi Splitter > Televisions.

The only issue i see with going this way is having to buy a new sat receiver and DVD deck unless there is also a cheapish way to go RCA / Component to HDMI - which i had thought could only be done with expensive converters.
I don't think we have HD source gear yet - and its unlikely that this time around.

And normally i'd agree on the mixer, but many of the kids are trained on the sound system in the gym and this
is going to be a simple setup with lots of labels and instructions with it mostly being used by the (trained) adult leader team.

Haha - Yeah. They can be quite intimidating - just like this 'video stuff'
Im actually thinking of pulling all the not-needed knobs off once i set it.


And i know that running it HDMI is the right way to go...its just getting quite pricey.

I may try out of those channel plus modulators (trying to snag one cheap on ebay) and see how that works out,
if it does not i will go the hdmi route.


If anyone has any other suggestions or ideas please let me know.

Jeff - Thanks for all your help, you've gotten me off to a good start.

If i need to go s-video > rca a standard cable adapter will work, right? No need for a powered converter box?

I am in the process of buying a channel plus 5545 off of eBay, and spent the day re-running the cable after it had accidentally made contact with
an active 20amp circuit - Not hiring that electrician again! ( )

I am placing the 5545 in a closet with the mixer, a coax cable will go from there to the ceiling of the room where the 6 way splitter/amp will be (power is already in place),
there the coax strands will go out to each of the 5 televisions.


However - i am having some trouble finding a decent 5 way splitter,

Am i correct in thinking that it needs to be an active (powered) distribution panel?
And if so, are there any self-contained models you would suggest?




And one other question, it turns out they want to have the set top box for the DirectTv in the gym,
i have a coax cable run from the gym to where the 5455 will be in "the loft area", what would be the best way to run it?
Use the coax out on the stb and go straight into some sort of coax combiner then to the amp, or convert it to rca at the source?
What is the best way to 'split off' the audio in order to send it to a 1/4" input on the mixer?




Thanks again, i really am learning a lot here - maybe one day(quite aways off...) i'll do some of the advice giving instead of just asking for stuff.
Edited by melagius - 1/11/13 at 8:43pm

I am also wondering if the best way to get an s-video input would be to just use one of these? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882203036

Well, i really don't need s-video, i just wanted to get them the option to use it. So a regular cable will not work? RadioShack has one that says it does all the chroma/color "adaptation" passively.

Do you have any suggestions on a 6 way splitter then? Or would you get better quality out of the other method?