Review on 📺 Enhanced 4K 30Hz HDMI Matrix Switcher 4x4 - Updated Version of TESmart 4X4 A40-Basic HDMI Switch with Powerful 4 In 4 Out Capabilities by Andrew Gomez

We built a backyard bar in our old house and over the years our wonderful neighbors have given us things to make it a real beer bar close. These gifts included TVs that can be hung on the wall like in bars. I know it seems extravagant to give a neighbor a TV, but they were old TVs that have been replaced with more modern ones. Imagine a 720p TV has been replaced with a larger 4k TV and you don't know what to do with the old one. Anyway, we recently moved into a new house that doesn't have a lot of backyard space for a bar. However, there is a small playroom upstairs. I didn't want to just have all the TVs in the attic, so I came up with the idea of hanging five of them on the playroom wall. I have three children who live at home so each of them can have their own gaming TV and two large ones for gaming. the audience? I do not know. I had to come up with an excuse to hang five TVs on the wall. Long story short, I mounted all five TVs to the wall. I bought a new Xbox One x and gave my old Xbox One to my son and then bought two Xbox Ones on a Christmas sale for my other two kids. I pulled an old original Xbox and even an original Wii from storage. I also had two Revain Fire sticks that I used on bar TVs. The next question was how to get this all working. Sure, I could just hook up each Xbox to its respective TV and you're done. If I wanted to play a classic Xbox or Wii game, I would just swap the cables for one of the TVs. The Xbox can connect to YouTube, Netflix, etc., so there's really no need for a Fire Stick on these TVs. Sticks can be connected to large televisions. But where's the cool factor in that? So began my research to find a way to take those multiple inputs and stream them to any or all of the TVs on that wall. It didn't take long as an entire industry is built around doing just that. I delved into the world of HDMI matrix switchers and was initially disappointed because they were all so expensive. I'm certainly happy to spend big bucks on things I don't really need, but there's a limit no matter what my wife thinks. Then I came across the TESmart Switch. Half the cost of the nearest comparable 8x8 switch seemed like the ideal solution. But half the cost is alarming because there must be a terrible catch, right? I've read a lot of reviews and seen people talking about loud beeps, the TV turning off when changing sources, bad instructions, and more. I figured that for half the price I was willing to put up with some inconveniences, especially since the switch was meant to fix some even more inconvenient inconveniences that didn't really need fixing, to be quite honest. The switcher was installed a few weeks ago, and the hardest part is remembering which device is connected to which port. I will hire a label maker or something similar to make it easier to identify sources and results. Otherwise, the Switch does exactly what I want it to do, and even a little bit more. Complaint: Yes, the beep when pressing the buttons is incredibly loud. You can hear that all over the house. The good thing is that you can turn off beeps using dedicated software. I haven't done it yet, but it's on my to-do list. There are video clips. Strangely not always. It can be annoying when someone is playing a video game and their screen goes black for a second or so, but for everything else it's really not a big deal. It's better than reassembling things from scratch. The switch doesn't switch: Sometimes the switch just doesn't want to do its job. You press Exit, Source, and nothing changes. You can try changing the output/source combination, but sometimes the switch just won't obey. There is a very simple solution to this - turn the switch off and on again. As you can imagine, having someone stuck in the middle of a game or something similar isn't ideal. I'm not sure if there is a solution, but I would like one. And now for coolness: the MAIN factor of coolness. I had a New Year's Eve party at my house and everyone loved the change. Showing the same video on all TVs was the most popular demo. I pushed buttons and connected different inputs to other TVs and people loved it. Which is funny because they see this technology in almost every sports bar they've ever been to. I don't think you see that very often in homes. Works with sound bar! I put an older soundbar in as one of the outputs and it works great. You simply select the output you want to hear sound from and assign it to the soundbar and BAM and you've got sound. This is great for our setup as all three kids have headsets for their Xbox. They can hear their own audio, and if one of them has guests, they can connect their Xbox to the soundbar so everyone else can listen. Or all three Xboxs can be included in the game and the rest of the people can watch something on the same fire sticks. Future: I bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W and an RS232 port and am planning to build an Alexa skill to switch using voice commands. I'm working on it and will update my review when it comes up. All in all, this is one of the funnest and coolest tech purchases I've made in a while!