Reddit reviews EnjoyGadgets 1x2 HDMI Splitter 1-In, 2-Out, 1080P FullHD Dual Display (EGHSP1X2)

A receiver has a built-in DAC and would house all the inputs/outputs you would need for audio/visual - it would certainly be the simplest route to take.

You could look for a receiver with dual outputs, or just get an adapter like this one: http://www.amazon.com/EnjoyGadgets-EGHSP1X2-Splitter-Amplifier-Display/dp/B00997MYR2

Your soundbar is most likely powered, so you wouldn't use it with the receiver. I'd get discrete speakers.

Some receivers (like this one http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/denavr1513/denon-avr-1513-5.1ch-home-theater-receiver-3d-ready/1.html) have a headphone jack up front if you wish to connect headphones.

Go w/ this. The 970m is a great high-end card, it also has a powerful quad-core i7, a blu-ray burner, 32 freakin' GBs or RAM. If you need multiple displays, you can go w/ an HDMI Splitter.

You could possibly do it by using an HDMI splitter like this, then just set two TV inputs with different display settings. I'm not sure if the splitter would introduce any input lag though.

You might be able to use a device like this to split the HDMI from the console into two HDMI signals:

http://www.amazon.com/EnjoyGadgets-EGHSP1X2-Splitter-Amplifier-Display/dp/B00997MYR2

Then one HDMI signal gets converted to RCA and then goes to your capture card/PC. The other HDMI signal goes to your TV.

HD capture cards like the Elgato work similarly. They have HDMI in from the console and HDMI out to the TV, as well as USB out to the computer.

http://www.amazon.com/EnjoyGadgets-EGHSP1X2-Splitter-Amplifier-Display/dp/B00997MYR2

If you wanted to get a different model make sure it supports sound, some of the cheaper ones only split the video.

You could get something like this

http://www.amazon.com/EnjoyGadgets-EGHSP1X2-Splitter-Amplifier-Display/dp/B00997MYR2

You can have multiple monitors running off one HDMI port if you do not mind them all showing the same image. This might be handy if you are doing a presentation or other multiple person meeting where you want to see what's going on and show others too, perhaps with a large screen TV/monitor and/or projector.

But I do understand what you are trying to convey. OP wants 2 displays (with different images) and you can not do that with just a connection to a single HDMI port. In OP's case he would have to either have a DisplayPort MST Hub (which has separate data lines for each monitor) or adapters for both his HDMI and DP ports on his notebook.

I'm not entirely sure this will work but it might. It will require three hdmi cords and this hdmi splitter http://www.amazon.com/EnjoyGadgets-EGHSP1X2-Splitter-Amplifier-Display/dp/B00997MYR2

The concept is basic, you plug the hdmi into the Xbox one and the splitter then have an hdmi run from the splitter to the cable box and another from the splitter to the surround sound.

If you can place the Wii U in a place that the gamepad stays in range from either room, and run a cable from that spot to both TVs, then there should be no problem having it connected to both at the same time. Use a HDMI splitter - quick google found this - and it should work. Yes you'd have to walk over to the Wii U if you wanna switch the game disc, but besides that, you pretty much never care where the console is physically located as long as it's connected to the TV and the gamepad is in range.

Resposting.

Maybe use an HDMI cable to one monitor and a DisplayPort cable to the other? I see no other way of doing it. As a disclaimer, I've never used dual monitors before so I'm not sure how it works.

This guy did it on one graphics card with two different cables. Not sure if using a splitter is your solution, but here.