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Works as advertised with no hassle. Its nice to not have to plug it into the wall, and very easy to switch between sources.
So I took mine apart and found that many of the solder points were disconnected from the mainboard of the device. Turns out the plug to the video was loose. Mine was out of warranty and the composite video started to become flaky. I then found out that many of the plugs were loose. Completely faulty soldering.
I know I would.
If you are looking for a system selector, you have found it.
Just buy this selector if you need one.
It is a basic system selector, and will work with basic TVs, but I fear it won't work with high def TVs.
But, what kind of person would play their PS3 on a regular TV.
However, I cannot say whether or not it works with high def systems like the PS3.
If all that matters to you is that it is an easy way to change systems, and quality is not lost, then you have clicked on the right item.
I guess you'd have to take a risk.
OK.
gold is actually a worse conductor than copper is. All the box is is a physical switcher. If the console and TV aren't configured correctly it will look very bad. I'll be buying a third and fourth one of these to handle the mix-down of the few consoles I'm adding in the future as they do not make, currently, a 12 port component switch. it's a switchbox. It does work in HD. The lack of completeness on the nameplates for the front is the only packaging complaint of mine. it just doesn't corrode.
and a solid one at that. Both work flawlessly.Here's the skinny. If you're worried about signal loss then you can go ahead and buy one of the state of the art combiners and signal regenerators that will give you the best possible picture on a single mixed-down set of outputs. Most people that will use these are hardcore enthusiasts that will likely still have some of the older systems.
If you can afford the TV that would make a noticeable difference in this then you can afford to not bargain bin on your cables and switches anyways. If you take care of your stuff you won't have that problem anyways).My only physical complaint about the unit is that it only has 3 component inputs and not 4 of them. Unless you have a really nice HD TV and know where every pixel on the screen is going to be and at what time. (gold plated connectors are just an excuse to charge you more. Ok, first of all the item is not as bad as some of these reviewers have written.
not 120.That said you will have about a 0.5% signal loss (about a dB in signal) going through the unit. not a processor. I went out of my way to get a second one as I have NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox360, and a PS2 with a PS3 in the pipe. which is what I need. At any rate. It's 20 bucks. worse than the alloys they use on this stuff nowdays, even. The guy who says it doesn't should try fiddling with his settings.
it's worth the money. wire for wire. you're not going to notice the loss. I dropped mine on a concrete floor while moving and it took it smiling. The fourth input is composite/s-video, though, and better than most switches composite-only fourth port.
I needed an inexpensive video selector that works with component connections and this was just what I needed. The right price; does the right job. The slightest fault might be that the connections and bonus cables are not gold plated, but this wasn't used on higher end equipment so there was no noticeable visual or audio degradation. The bonus cables made it a great value too.
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