[blue max]

Can anyone suggest how I can add more ports to my avr350 please.

I've got a virgin tivo box, an xbox and now an apple tv but have only two ports.

I only have one port on my tv, so that's no help.

I know there are switching boxes, but can anyone recommend one (cheap as chips preferably as it's probably just a stop-gap).

Thank you.
Graham

[larkone]

something like this

HDMI 3 Way Smart Switch SKY Freesat PS3 3x1 3D Ready V1.3 & V1.4 Compatible | eBay

[blue max]

Thanks larkone. Have you any experience of this at all? Seems that these things can be a bit hit and miss.
It's still a fair bit of money for something that does very little really.

Graham

[Mark.Yudkin]

Originally Posted by blue max 2

It's still a fair bit of money for something that does very little really.

An HDMI switch actually does an awful lot, and it always amazes me how cheap the things are given the complexity. An HDMI switch has to receive and decrypt the signal from the source, then re-encrypt and send the reconstituted signal to the sink, after having performed negotiations with both the source and the sink to find the common elements. If the switch is CEC enabled, it also has to understand and react to CEC switching protocols, meaning it also has to monitor all of the inputs at all times.

This is of course a highly simplified explanation that omits more than it incorporates, but I think you get the idea.

[blue max]

Thanks Mark, now when you put it like that

Does the linked one seem ok to you (as you know about these things)?

Graham

[Jaunty]

One with lots of good reviews here (too many?!)

Neet® - 5 Port HDMI AUTO SWITCH BOX with REMOTE - 5x1: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

Neet do others including one for £12.95 delivered.

there have been a few in the classifieds as well recently but they may all have sold.

[Mark.Yudkin]

Originally Posted by blue max 2

Thanks Mark, now when you put it like that

Does the linked one seem ok to you (as you know about these things)?

Graham

Sorry, I don't comment on ebay offers as a matter of principle. The Amazon listing from Jaunty will be fine if you don't need HDMI 1.4 or 3D. If you do, you'll need something like this. I have not searched for the cheapest outlet.

[blue max]

Thanks all who contributed and sorry I haven't been watching as closely as I should have.
Can't help thinking I should put that amount of cash towards a new amp perhaps.
Pretty boring changing cables though.
Graham