HDMI Switch - Advice please.

[macbilly]

I have a Panasonic TH-42PX70 Plasma with Sky+, a Panasonic SCPT-850 all in one system and an X-Box 360 hooked up to it.
My concern is that I will be upgrading my Sky+ box to Sky HD in a couple of weeks and the 2 HDMI ports on the back of the tv are already taken up by the Ai1 and the X-Box.
Can anyone advise a good HDMI Switch (with optical audio?) and the best way to optimise the use of the HDMI ports both on the tv and the Switch?
Budget around £100ish.

Many thanks.

 

[Joe Fernand]

Hello macbilly

SKY+ HD
Video - HDMI to Switch
Audio - Optical to Switch

Xbox360
Video - HDMI to Switch
Audio - Optical to Switch

SC-PT850
Video - HDMI to Switch

HDMI Switch
Video - HDMI to Display
Audio - Optical to SC-PT850

HDMI Switch - there are a few HDMI + Optical units around.

Octava have the HDS4A-UK you could consider - Media Factory - Connect, Control and Install your Audio Visual equipment!

Joe

 

[macbilly]

Hi Joe,
Thanks for your response.
The unit you recommend appears to satisfy my requirements, although maybe a wee bit more expensive than I had initially set out to spend.
However, having read through a great deal of threads on this subject and the stories of cheaper equipment failures and problems, this brand seems to deliver reliably and I would rather pay that bit more for quality and performance than eternally troubleshoot equipment problems.
Can you please confirm that the unit comes in Black and also what are the dimensions as I can't seem to see see them in the manufacturers blurb.

Thanks again,
Bill.

 

[Joe Fernand]

Hello Bill

The HDS4A-UK is Black - dimensions are 290mm x85mm x 38mm - plus you have the external 'wall wart' style PSU.

Joe