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advice on connections - aben - 2012-03-28 Hi all, Newbie here so please be gentle. I've been considering running xmbc on my laptop for quite a while now and eden is a good excuse to do so. here is what i have: i've got a paid osn subscription and a osn box with hdmi and composite A/V out i have a sony tv with 1 hdmi in i also have this hp dm1z laptop with HDMI out which is decent enough to use as htpc my problem: since my tv only have 1 hdmi in i have to unplug the cable and switch it back and forth between tv and laptop. my question: is it possible to connect my osn box to the laptop and use xmbc to display it into the tv I imaginie using the hdmi port from the osn box is better but there is no other option to connect it to the laptop but through a usb port which might affect the image quality but analog AV is still an option. I thought about using an hdmi hub but using the laptop as htpc is i think the ideal way as i dont use my laptop much of the time since i got my phone any advice is appreciated. RE: advice on connections - prae5 - 2012-03-28 Get a HDMI spillter / hub. Will be the best and easiest option. RE: advice on connections - Ned Scott - 2012-03-28 If you don't mind waiting, you can get cheap, but decent, HDMI splitters from meritline.com |