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Xbox 360 video splitting

by SARS72 Mar 30, 2007 12:31PM PDT

Can anyone please tell me if there are any consumer products that can effectively split the video from an Xbox 360 console? There are many games that offer local multi-player which can be great fun for families and friends. However, sharing a single screen has it's draw-backs. For instance, often the aspect ratio of visible play area can be affected by splitting the image on a single screen. Also, it can be a detraction to reduce the area you're accustomed to using. I want to split my video and possibly audio signals to more than one screen, locally, from one console. I am aware that this can be accomplished with multiple consoles and live accounts, but I'm not buying expensive consoles and live accounts for everyone in my home!

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This won't accomplish what you're hoping for

by bloodyR Mar 30, 2007 2:48PM PDT

If you split the signal, both TV's would get the exact same picture. So if you're playing a split-screen game, each TV would show a split screen. It's not as if one TV would show one half and the other TV would show the other. To accomplish that, you need multiple systems hooked up through system link, as you mentioned.

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