Review on 🔀 Orei 4K HDMI Matrix Switch 4 X 2: 18G UltraHD with Arc, 4K @ 60Hz Support, IR Audio Extractor, HDCP 2.0, Full Matrix Selection - Remote Control by Corey Burgess

buyers pay attention. If HDR doesn't bother you, you can probably use it for 4K60 SDR content. But if you do, read on. Here is my test setup: Sony UHD Player: UBP-X700 -> HDMI OREI 1 input LG UHD Player: UBKC90 -> HDMI OREI 2 input Projector: JVC DLA X790R -> OREI One output over 32 feet FIBBR fiber optic cable HDR10 is worthy of HDR10 in earlier direct Sony UHD tests) AV receiver: Sony STR-DN840. Optical inputs and HDMI inputs for audio. Doesn't support HDCP 2.2 which is needed for 4K60 in HDR mode so I didn't expect the video to pull through. If that were the case, I wouldn't need such a switch. In the end, I might have had no choice but to update this component, but I tried to avoid the expense. Content: Planet Earth II supporting both HDR10 and DTS-HD 5.1 surround sound. I put the first disc in the Sony player and the second in the LG for a quick swap test. The soundtrack of the disc menu is identical, so it is also well suited for sound tests. Note: I also played some 4K content from DirecTV but the OREI handshake completely failed here. Although this content isn't even HDR, OREI downgraded its resolution to 1080i 60Hz. I don't understand why that's true. I checked the content directly on the projector so it was confirmed to be in 4K (3840) 60 with BT.2020 color and I have a C61K-700 box. As a base for the cable I started with my Goronya 3:1 switch to demonstrate that BT.2020 and HDR (ST.2084) are intact. I am using Wirelogic Sapphire 18 Gb/s cable. Having recently bought Zeskit cables with a slightly higher HDMI2.0b rating, I tried them too, but they didn't solve the problems described below. : 4K(3840)60Color Space: YUVColorimetry: BT.2020HDR: ST.2084Picture Mode: HDR Put simply, this is a 'good' state, which is what I get when I just plug a Sony or LG player directly into it JVC connect. It should also be noted that this projector is an electronic shifter and not native 4K, but for HDMI connection purposes the source must not be discriminated as JVC handles rendering a 4K image. .However, in EDID AUTO or COPY mode, I could not get any sound from the optical output. If I switch to STD the audio works, but this setting reduces my video quality to 1080p, defeating the purpose of using this switch. Maybe there is a firmware fix? I have contacted OREI directly for assistance on this issue. The video colorimetry is affected when EDID:AUTO is set and the second output is connected to the input of my receiver. I was able to get sound from HDMI OUTPUT B but it cost me BT.2020 (back to BT.709) and HDR switched from ST.2084 to SDR. This may be due to using a non-HDCP2.2 compliant input on the receiver, but that's the whole point of buying this switch - bypassing the receiver for video while preserving sound. To avoid this discrepancy, I ran a buck converter (Monoprice 2.2 to 1.4) to get any sound at all - without it I get silence. Is there a way to use OUTPUT B as audio without this problem? ARC didn't work, but maybe I didn't set it up correctly. My projector doesn't support ARC so the switcher has to deal with that by returning audio from input 1, 2 or 3 from input 4 of the receiver's HDMI port to my ARC channel (same as the TV). This was briefly mentioned in the video. So this block doesn't work for me. Either the optical output should work, or the second HDMI audio output should not degrade the video quality at the same time. or.