Does an Extron Crosspoint matrix switchr amplify the signal?

[kendjet]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I would think it does since it's able to take 1 input and output it to X different screens without any quality loss whatsoever?

Does this also imply that, in theory, I would be able to take 10 Extron Crosspoints and daisy-chain them using 9 5BNC-5BNC cables of 50' (15.2 m) each, and still see no video quality loss?

Can somebody please confirm this?

Thanks!

[Guspaz]

It's analog video: even if you're using coax, you're going to see a loss in quality going through that many distribution amps and 500 feet of cable. Your signal to noise ratio is going to get a bit worse on every hop.

[mvsfan]

If you hooked 6 crosspoints together like that youd want to put them in a rack and join them with short cables - around a foot or two. youd probably want good coaxial cables too not the cheap ones.

theres basically no need for that though. Kramer makes a video switch that has 32 inputs.

[Guspaz]

Extron Crosspoints max out at 128 inputs and 128 outputs (unless there are bigger ones I'm not finding), although you're talking full rack size at that point.

[kendjet]

As always, thanks for the answers!