I just found this thread; very good info. Lots of post, still reading through, but I wanted to post some experience I have with my current HDMI switch. It's not perfect, but weighing pros and cons, I'm happy enough so far. If something better came along, I'd love to check it out.
I just got a
TESmart HSW1601A1U; which is a 16x1 4K60 switch.
This replaced a Monoprice Blackbird HRM-2218F, which I loved, but is
only 8x1 and up to 1080p (and is now out of stock BTW). I really hope Monoprice releases a 16x1 switch like this.. it worked absolutely perfect for me.
Main complaints are:
1. This only powers on/off with a physical switch - so either you leave it on all the time (see issue #2) or get up and turn it on (which defeats the purpose of a fully automated set up)
2. The light is ungodly bright (LED and the Display). I have some LightDIMS ordered hoping to get this down to a tolerable level of brightness
3. The auto-switching doesn't kick on sometimes requiring me to get up and manually fiddle with things, turn everything off/on, etc. But I'm holding out hope that I just need to tinker with how I have things arranged; I '
think' I'm only having an issue with one device consistently with this issue. (docked Nintendo Switch from sleep mode)
4. My Xbox One X seems to take over anything else plugged in when it is in standby mode. However, this is fixed by totally powering down, or.... I'm just gonna take the Xbox One X out in a couple days when I have an Xbox Series X (which I will be plugging that directly into my receiver)
5. I had to manually learn commands from the remote to my Logitech Harmony Elite... and that has been buggy (i.e. it simply stopped working and I had to re-learn again), but again I'm hoping I just need to tinker with it some more, and may be an issue with my remote and not this device?
6. It uses a weird combination of buttons to select inputs. It has numbers 0-9. So select "4" for input 4... however you would select "1" then "4" for input 14.
Slowly I'm testing as much as I can, positive experiences so far:
1. The biggest pro, obviously, is the 16 inputs (see below, I'm using almost every one of them)
2. Only $200, or less, on eBay and Amazon - mine was shipped from China in about 10 days
3. Every one of these devices displays at the max resolution I've tested so far (i.e up to the 4K 60
with HDR on the PS4 or Xbox)
4. So far I'm not noticing any problems with various combinations of analog signals through the OSSC into this, so 240p, 480i have been OK. I've tried a few different combinations of scaling. I believe I'm passing through all 480p; not sure I've tested anything 720p, but that should pass through as well.
5. Between the direct IR input, ethernet, and RS232 input - there are some options to overcome any problems with the auto-switching -- long story, but if you use a controller (i.e. something from Control4) or a complicated universal remote setup, then you may see where I'm going with this.
6. This fits a 1U space in an AV rack
7. There is an audible "beep" you can toggle on or off when it's switching. I can't decide which way I like better, but I'm glad it's an option
8. From any one device to the TV, there is 60-75' of HDMI cabling. I have not had a single problem with that distance using the cables I use (up to 4K60 4.4.4 with HDR). And this switch is very early in that chain, so no problems in regards to loss of signal in this switch that I can determine.
Set up:
LG OLEDCX77
- Denon AVR-X8500H
- - TESmart HSW1601A1U
- - - 1. NES Classic via HDMI (placeholder for future Analogue Nt)
- - - 2. SNES Classic via HDMI (placeholder for future Analogue Super Nt)
- - - 3. Nintendo Wii-U via HDMI
- - - 4. Nintendo Switch via HDMI
- - - 5. Sony PlayStation 3 via HDMI
- - - 6. Sony PlayStation TV via HDMI
- - - 7. Sony PlayStation 4 Pro via HDMI (unused since it is plugged into the PSVR)
- - - 8. Sony PSVR v2 via HDMI
- - - 9. Microsoft Xbox 360 via HDMI
- - - 10. Microsoft Xbox One X via HDMI
- - - 11. Analogue MegaSG via HDMI
- - - 12. TurboGrafx-16 mini via HDMI (placeholder for future Analogue Duo)
- - - 13. Unlucky number - unused
- - - 14. Atari Flashback X Deluxe via HDMI
- - - 15. Unused
- - - 16. OSSC via HDMI
- - - - GSCARTSW
- - - - - Sony PlayStation via RGB SCART
- - - - - Sony PlayStation 2 via RGB SCART
- - - - - SEGA Saturn via RGB SCART
- - - - - Sega Dreamcast via VGA or RGB SCART (still experimenting with what is best?)
- - - - GCOMPSW
- - - - - Nintendo GameCube via YPbPr Component
- - - - - Nintendo Wii via YPbPr Component
- - - - - Microsoft Xbox via YPbPr Component
This is almost embarrassing to share, but I did make a video showing off some of my experience setting this up.
I hope something in this helps someone
I probably spend more time collecting games and tinkering with my consoles than actually playing them...