View Full Version : Do splitters introduce lag?
teh_L0ki
03-19-2011, 12:11 PM
Do devices such as
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014KOAD8/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000V1JUJU&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1K202MYGTE3MY85D5NEE
as an example introduce any input lag? What about devices that split s-video or component?
cynicalhat
03-19-2011, 05:30 PM
Assuming the splitter is not doing any processing on the image/audio, there should be no lag because electrical impulses travel at the speed of light. A switcher just closes the circuit to what you have selected and opens the circuits of the ones you aren't.
Compute
03-21-2011, 07:38 AM
A splitter like that will not introduce lag, but in my experience they will introduce ridiculous signal degradation. I use a similar one in the livingroom and it is THE reason I do not have more systems hooked up in the game room. The signal coming out is "darker." I keep seeing threads about these magical switches that don't get this, but I can't seem to find anywhere selling them.
alec006
03-21-2011, 05:22 PM
A splitter like that will not introduce lag, but in my experience they will introduce ridiculous signal degradation. I use a similar one in the livingroom and it is THE reason I do not have more systems hooked up in the game room. The signal coming out is "darker." I keep seeing threads about these magical switches that don't get this, but I can't seem to find anywhere selling them.
Usually the powered switchers make the signal a bit brighter,least in my case it did. Ask for lag,none at all.