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Zeromemory
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Bandridge Scart Selector

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Since I don't really need more than 3 inputs for now, is this worth it?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bandridge-3-W ... Sw44BYGjPU

Does anyone has the experience with this model so that can share experience and tell me about the quality of it?

I guess that SVB7735 is the same, only with 5 inputs.

Any alternatives in the same price range?
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Zeromemory wrote:Since I don't really need more than 3 inputs for now, is this worth it?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bandridge-3-W ... Sw44BYGjPU

Does anyone has the experience with this model so that can share experience and tell me about the quality of it?

I guess that SVB7735 is the same, only with 5 inputs.

Any alternatives in the same price range?
• Self powered, no additional power unit needed
• Power adapter included

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the automatic requires power while the manual does not. They just messed up the description.

that's not a bad deal for one. Its an OK switch.
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If it's anything like the 5 port version I'd avoid it.
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The 5 port version is hit or miss. Some revisions work perfectly, some don't. Maybe I'm lucky, but I got a revision that works perfectly, with no interference between inputs and no reduction in brightness.
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In few words, which would be the main difference between self powered and adapter powered one, regarding video quality?
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Guspaz wrote:The 5 port version is hit or miss. Some revisions work perfectly, some don't. Maybe I'm lucky, but I got a revision that works perfectly, with no interference between inputs and no reduction in brightness.
Have two of the 5 port manual ones (bought about 1 year apart); they both work perfectly.
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Guspaz wrote:The 5 port version is hit or miss. Some revisions work perfectly, some don't. Maybe I'm lucky, but I got a revision that works perfectly, with no interference between inputs and no reduction in brightness.
Also have a 5-port manual one as well that works great. I found the key to quality isn't the switch, but rather the patch cable used. The seller I bought mine off of on ebay included a SCART Male to Male/patch cable that had a ton off crosstalk resulting in a lot of buzzing on the audio channels. I verified the cable was wired correctly and ended up buying a high quality SCART patch cable from retro_console_accessories on ebay. This fixed all issues and there is no discernible drop in quality using the switch now.
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My issues are with the automatic Bandridge switch. The seller I bought mine from has the same last name as the eBay seller, but the parcel came from a city that is a few km away from the one that's shown on eBay. Probably the same person though.
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Mine is the automatic one, haven't had any issues. Fingers crossed that the second one that I bought from the same guy (which is stopping off with a third party before it gets to me) a bit later will be the same revision.
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Hi there, I picked up a bandridge scart selector from a chap in the netherlands and it's been great, csync/luma sync signals work just fine and no power leaking from one input to another, but I did run into one issue with a bad scart lead on the tv out producing noise.

I dug out a spare scart cable after and the noise had disappeared so what I could do with is some advice/recommendations on quality scart to scart cables, around 0.75-1m for purchase in the UK.

Oh, and since this is my first post, I just wanted to say thanks to all those who contribute to this forum, it's been a fantastic resource.
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