Jeff Bocaccio's Avoiding the Murphy's Law of Distribution
Pay Attention to Signal Distribution
As the HDMI interface increases its presence in systems, so do the "Murphy's Laws" trailing right behind it. Before HDMI hit the streets, installers were accustomed to distributing audio and video all over the place, chaining connections together, cutting wires and splicing them, whatever it took to get the job done. But in the HDMI world you just can't do that. Distributing an HDMI signal has to be done with respect for the interface – even more so with today's 1080p systems. So forget trying to save a few dollars buying a no-name distribution amplifier – it's worth spending a little more to get a DA that passes an equivalent signal through all of its outputs, with minimal variations in signal strength. Likewise, you're better off going with a multi-output DA than trying to chain a bunch of 1x2 boxes together – every link in that chain creates another opportunity for Murphy's Law to kick in, and for your signal to deteriorate below acceptable levels.
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