[SML] totally off topic: installing a second monitor in the kitchen

[Steve Shelley]

Hi folks;

 

*Totally off topic*

 

So we’re joining the 20th century, by gum. Adding a second tv screen in the kitchen so we can see what’s already on the screen in the living room. Wow, is this space age or what? To Infinity or the Bathroom!

 

That said, I’m a babe in the woods. I know nothing about video. I *think* I want to install a HDMI splitter at the cable box, and one run continues to the living room TV, and a new stick of HDMI cable runs to a newly-purchased monitor [which won’t need a tuner-right?] in my quick measurements it seems I can get away with a 25’-0” stick of HDMI cable [yes, that needs to be carefully re-measured.] it seems like the next native length is 50’. Right?

 

Staples lists the following manufacturers: StarTech, Tripp Lite, 4XEM, NXT, and Belkin. This is just a second screen, so I don’t need the “gold” standard. Which of these is “good”? and which is “cheap, avoid”? [I know that the new HDMI run will not be just “laid down” and will be making some tight turns around doorways and such; is there a HDMI cable that is more flexible for this kind of install?

 

Any thoughts you might have would be delightfully accepted. Happy fall!

 

Best,

 

Steve

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