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I am very happy with this purchase and it still works as a manual switch box which I use sometimes to switch from watching tv and playing the ps3 at the same time. As soon as the ps3 goes on, it switches to the ps3, when it goes off, it goes back to the cable box.
I purchased it a few months ago not even really caring about the auto switch feature, just buying it as the price was similar to other hdmi switch boxes. This product exceeds my expectations by far.
I do not need to turn it off for it to switch. I have my ps3 and cablebox always plugged into it and i have a spare cord hanging off it for my laptop.
I have a DRV cable box which people have complained about however it is always on. Same with the laptop, if i plug it in, it will automatically switch to my laptop screen and then return to cable when unplugged.
I would definately recomend.
My main concern from other reviews would be whether automatic switching would work.I only have two devices: A LG BD300 Blue Ray Player with Netflix streaming, and a DishNetwork HD DVR Receiver that inputs to a Sony HD 36" Tube TV.To get the devices to switch, I turn on the LX BD300 to switch to that device. To switch to the DishNetwork receiver, I simply turn off the LX BD300. This is how switching works for me.If I get another device, I will have to experiment further.Also, the switch works easy and flawlessly. I just connected the cables.Cables I used: "2 Meter (6.6 ft) HDMI KING Gold Plated v1.3 HDMI to HDMI Cable with Ferrite Cores"
I purchased this to use with a Samsung LN-S4692D television (46" LCD, two HDMI inputs), since I had 3 boxes I wanted to hookup to the TV using HDMI (cable box, DVD player, TiVo HD).Unfortunately, it just wouldn't work properly with my TV. I could get the TV to see the Terk if the TV was already set to the appropriate HDMI input when I turned it on, but as soon as I started cycling through the TV inputs the Terk would disappear (my TV doesn't "cycle" through an input if it doesn't detect that a cable is attached to it).I tried all sorts of techniques to see if I couldn't get this to work, but nothing did. Terk's customer service was absolutely useless. It took three emails to get a response, and then that was a "canned" response.I'm afraid I can't recommend this product.
I only use the switcher in manual mode and I can't get it to work with half of my devices. It works with my Comcast DVR and my Roku box but it *doesn't* work with my AppleTV and my new Toshiba Blu-ray player. For the price, I expect the unit to be able to work with all of my devices. I do not recommend this device.
The Switch did not work well in the auto-detect mode. Well I guess I can begin by asking why they Call BEST BUY, Best Buy. Amazon's price was $36 and BB's price was $99. But I am so happy not to have to switch cables between pieces of equipment. That manually switching them at a touch of my finger is not a big deal.
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