Bruce B Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 When I got my new tv I thought 2 HDMI ports would be fine but currently I have Satellite receiver hooked to one and regular digital cable hooked to the other and with PS3 coming I'm all out of space. Do they make a component switch yet that incorporates HDMI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Yeah monoprice.com has a HDMI switcher many on AVS use with excellent results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted October 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Thx Joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 And I'll thoroughly reccomend monoprice for cables etc too. Great prices, great quality. Beats the pants off monster etc for value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Can anyone graft a single HDMI port onto my existing component-only TV? I would pay you a lot of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Can anyone graft a single HDMI port onto my existing component-only TV? I would pay you a lot of money. Had you bought a commercial Panasonic panel you could. I recently picked up a HDCP DVI blade for mine, which was previously component-only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretvampire Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 Had you bought a commercial Panasonic panel you could. I certainly would have considered that if I had not bought my Toshiba 5 years ago (almost 6 now!) when all of this DRM garbage was just a twinkle in some asshole Hollywood exec's mind! I can't tell you how much I LOVE being fucked over for being an early adopter and enabling this HD market to even exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 And I'll thoroughly reccomend monoprice for cables etc too. Great prices, great quality. Beats the pants off monster etc for value. Definatly. All my new video, audio and speaker cables for my HT are from Monoprice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted October 10, 2006 Report Share Posted October 10, 2006 I certainly would have considered that if I had not bought my Toshiba 5 years ago (almost 6 now!) when all of this DRM garbage was just a twinkle in some asshole Hollywood exec's mind! I can't tell you how much I LOVE being fucked over for being an early adopter and enabling this HD market to even exist. Fuck 'em dude. So far HD-DVD and BR discs, as well as HD over cable/satellite, no one is using the ICT flag yet. Apparently they're not that brave. In fact, my new projector will have HDMI but I'll be sticking with component until the lame-ass copy protection flags start being used. 60ft of HDMI cable (plus the booster I would likely need) is just too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Am thinking about grabbing one but have a question concerning my harmony 880 remote. If I got this switcher, I assume that on the remote you have to set all devices that are hooked up to the switcher to default to the HDMI1 input. Does anybody know if you can duplicate inputs for multiple devices using the Harmony, or will you get an error that another device is attached to that input? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 All you would have to do on the Harmony is set the TV to HDMI on the activities which use the HDMI device. Then add the switcher to the activity and have it switch to the input the device is plugged into the switcher. 1, 2, 3, 4 .. etc.. Speaking of which im going to have to buy a HDMI switcher has well soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted December 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Here is some great priced HDMI cable by the way. http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-600-HDmi-Video-Cable/dp/B000FIQAD8/sr=8-30/qid=1166239109/ref=sr_1_30/103-1560019-4029450?ie=UTF8&s=electronics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Forget Monoprice. Amazon here we come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 I wish more of the HDMI & component switches included audio. A video switch without optical & RCA audio switching is pointless for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Those are called "receivers" Unfortunately for some they aren't the $250 refurb special types either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 I can't vouch for it, but Octava makes a 4-in, 1-out HDMI switcher with optical digital audio switching: http://www.octavainc.com/HDMI%20switch%204port_toslink.htm Many on the HT boards have used their products with success. It ain't cheap, though. I would like it because I don't have an HDMI receiver and I am running low on optical inputs. That said, I'll be waiting for the crop of HDMI 1.3 receivers to see if they will meet my needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 The new Denon 3808 is likely where I'm headed. HDmi 1.3, new audio codecs built in, etc and it's in my price range(meaning <$1500). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 The new Denon 3808 is likely where I'm headed. HDmi 1.3, new audio codecs built in, etc and it's in my price range(meaning <$1500). I'll be watching that one, too. I also expect that Outlaw will introduce a new pre/pro with HDMI 1.3 -- but that announcement isn't likely coming until summer/fall, and I doubt I will wait that long. I'm really hoping for four HDMI inputs on the new receivers ( for me, that would mean one for PS3, cable, HD-DVD, and OTA HD tuner) -- but I'm guessing we'll get three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMonkey Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Those are called "receivers" Unfortunately for some they aren't the $250 refurb special types either. Problem is even then most receivers don't have enough component/hdmi inputs. And I shouldn't need to spend $1k on another receiver just for more video switching They need to start trimming down the number of composite/s-vid inputs and ramping up the component inputs already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Problem is even then most receivers don't have enough component/hdmi inputs. The good ones do. The ones I've been looking at have 4 ins and 2 outs with 4 component ins as well. So thats 8 inputs(hdmi and component) total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Monoprice has the 5 x1 HDMI switcher back in stock for those who wanted to buy one. Just got one myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Monoprice has the 5 x1 HDMI switcher back in stock for those who wanted to buy one. Just got one myself Man works wonderfully. I still have to try and figure out how to program my 880 so that when I switch operations it switches inputs on the switcher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I still have to try and figure out how to program my 880 so that when I switch operations it switches inputs on the switcher. That's easy as they are in the Logitech software. Select Add Device, Audio/Video Switch, Monoprice, whatever the model number is Then just update your activities to include the switch/ which input needs to be on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 2, 2007 Report Share Posted January 2, 2007 The HDMI switchers at monoprice are going quickly. They are OOS again till next week (mine should be here Wed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce B Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I would steer anyone away from the Monoprice HDMI splitters. Mine shit the bed over the weekend and if I remember right Joey went through a few of them. I think I'm out of warranty so I just have to eat it. I'm not going to bother replacing it for now as my a/v has two ports and all I run through it is the PS3 and my DVR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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