1055 HD drop out prob with 50ft cable

[BleakShore]

I am experiencing two problems:

1. I am using a 50ft component-to-vga cable to drive Infocus X1 projector. I get occasional sync loss and no picture. This is getting rather frequent now.

2. When I used Y splitters to drive my HD TV and the projector (I know, this is probably not a very good thing to do) I don't get any pictures at all on either.

Is this normal, you think? I was half expecting #1 would work without a problem, and #2 would work fairly well.

Any insights would be appreciated.

[Andrew Pratt]

What kind of cable are you using? Be as exact as you can if you know the brand and model number etc. It could be that you need a true HDTV capable cable

[Eiffel]

I don't have experience with very long VGA/YPbPr cables, but quality/cable construction may play a role. One thing you could do is try a shorter cable and see if the problem persists.

Y-cables should be avoided... they will cause your system to operate out of spec (the 75 Ohm termination becomes 37.5 Ohms...).

You should look into distribution amplifiers/signal splitters (I used a Kramer Tools VP-222 -~$100- for this function. It worked great on my Sony PJ and LCD monitor).