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Review on SGEYR 5X1 HDMI Switcher: Choose From 5 Devices With Ease & 4K Ultra HD Support by Tony Nicholas

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Simple and effective.

HDMI Switch SGEYR 5x1 HDMI Switcher 5 in 1 Out HDMI Switch Selector 5 Port Box with IR Remote :I'm running a Mac, a TiVo and a Blu-Ray player through this monitor and I needed to be able to switch between them without reaching behind the monitor to use their switch. It doesn't have a remote.At first, I was taking HDMI out of my Mac thinking that would be best since there would be no conversions, but it acted very strangely. I got random white flashes even when plugged straight into the monitor. Internet research lead me to some possible solutions, but none of them worked. And, when I plugged the Mac HDMI into this switch, things got even stranger. It gave me such high resolution that I could barely read the menus! I fiddled with it and since I swapped out all of the cables, I just blamed it on Apple. Why not, right?Then I got a thunderbolt to HDMI cable and came out of there into this switch and it's been smooth as silk ever since. My guess now is that the original problem has something to do with HDCP or some wack-a-do Apple thing.No matter. This switch does what it claims to do, very nicely.

Pros
  • It was pretty easy to set up and the picture quality is pretty decent
Cons
  • May experience input lag or other technical issues