Raspberry Pi Multi Display Set Up

[CaptDrakeGrace]

I am friends with the owner of a local hookah join who wants to change from displaying Cable Television to using a Raspberry Pi. He has a Roku set up to one tv and I'm guessing a box with all the cords running to each tv. Is there a way to hook up a Raspberry Pi the same way. I can get more info when I go there soon. But that's what I've seen from the basic set up.

[SLAYR]

6 minutes ago, CaptDrakeGrace said:

I am friends with the owner of a local hookah join who wants to change from displaying Cable Television to using a Raspberry Pi. He has a Roku set up to one tv and I'm guessing a box with all the cords running to each tv. Is there a way to hook up a Raspberry Pi the same way. I can get more info when I go there soon. But that's what I've seen from the basic set up.

If you are meaning to use a hdmi splitter to  display the same signal from th RPi on multiple screens from a single hdmi input then it should work. Make sure that the splitter doesn't need power from the RPi, or that the splitter is powered though because the RPi  doesn't supply much power.

Edited April 13, 2016 by SLAYR
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[CaptDrakeGrace]

From what ive seen each tv has a A/V cord coming from the wall into it

 

[Streetguru]

15 minutes ago, CaptDrakeGrace said:

I am friends with the owner of a local hookah join who wants to change from displaying Cable Television to using a Raspberry Pi. He has a Roku set up to one tv and I'm guessing a box with all the cords running to each tv. Is there a way to hook up a Raspberry Pi the same way. I can get more info when I go there soon. But that's what I've seen from the basic set up.

How many TVs are there, and are they all hooked up through HDMI? You might want something a bit more powerful than a Pi.

[CaptDrakeGrace]

There are 5 tvs and they are hooked up with Coaxial Cable 

[Streetguru]

10 minutes ago, CaptDrakeGrace said:

There are 5 tvs and they are hooked up with Coaxial Cable 

So wait what exactly is the goal, just to hook them all up to a central PC?

 

Is there already like a splitter sending the signal to all the TVs like below? not sure if that's how it works exactly.

Probably would need a powered splitter I guess like this, 8 way one here, not sure what bi-directional means exactly

http://www.amazon.com/Bi-Directional-Amplifier-Splitter-Booster-Passive/dp/B000WDR94U/ref=sr_1_6?s=audio-video-accessories&ie=UTF8&qid=1460574251&sr=1-6&keywords=Coax+Splitter

[CaptDrakeGrace]

What i know for sure is each tv has a Coaxial Cord plugged into from the wall and that their Roku is used as the cable box. I'm trying to get more information from him but he's busy.