Universal HDMI Quick Switch

I have an HD-TV with only one HDMI input, and I wanted to connect both my PS3 and HTPC to it. I was interested in getting some sort of switch so that I wouldn't have to manually re-plug the cable every time I wanted to change between the two. All of the other solutions were crazy expensive or generally reviewed as unreliable, so I decided to grab this smart switch as it is cheap and was reviewed well on other sites.

I was actually kind of skeptical about the "smartness" of this thing, as I keep my HTPC on -all- the time, so I had a feeling it would get stuck on that input, and I would just have to use the manual override when I wanted to play my PS3 (which I do power off). I would have been totally fine with this (pressing the button to switch is easy), but when I got the unit, it was smart enough to figure out that when I turned on my PS3, that's what I wanted to use. As a result the thing works -perfectly-, and I don't have to touch it at all.

Great deal.

This does the job.
I have a Scientific Atlanta converter box and PS3 connected to a Sony Bravia TV. One of the HDMI connectors on the TV broke and I bought this instead of having the TV fixed. When I turn the PS3 on, the TV switches to the PS3 even if the cable box is on. Shut off the PS3 and you are back to TV. It also has a switch to select an input, even with both on.

It comes with all the cables you need, they are somewhat stiff, so the box will not sit on top of anything. I have in hanging behind the TV. I can just reach under the TV and hit the button. The only time I need to use the button is when I am downloading on the PS3 and want to watch TV. The PS3 is the priority for the switch.

If it had a priority for the last device on and would sit better, I would give it 5 stars.

I have a Sony Bravia with only one HDMI port on the back and I have two HMDI devices I need to attach: 1. ) DirecTV+ HD DVR and 2.) Panasonic DMP-BD35K 1080p Blu-ray Player. I had tried some other HDMI switches (ie. Terk HDMI-31 Smart Switch, but it didn't work with the Panasonic Blu-Ray playerm, the Terk wouldn't pass the HDMI 1.3a signal to the TV), so I tried this Universal HDMI Quick and it worked great. I have both my DirecTV HD DVR and the Panasonic Blu-Ray player connected through the Universal HDMI Quick Switch and then to my TV and they work fine.

The Auto-switching between devices doesn't work perfectly because when I turn off a device, it doesn't really go off, just goes into standby mode, regardless, if it doesn't switch, just press the button on the Universal HDMI Quick Switch and it manually toggles between the two connected devices. If auto-switching between devices doesn't work for you and you really don't want to get off the couch to press the button...Read more