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Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2025
What a colossal waste of my time. I have twelve devices (game consoles, computers) that can output HDMI at various resolutions and this thing fails miserably. This is advertised to accept "up to 3840x2160". Notice how a list of exact resolutions are not supplied in the specs?Well, while I have devices that output 1080p over HDMI (and those work fine with the switch of course) I have others that output various resolutions over HDMI. For example, the RetroTink (original) outputs 480P over HDMI. But, the switch does not like it. No display. It works fine when connected directly into my TV and it works fine when connected to a five dollar non powered switcher.I have an HDMI card for my Apple IIe. It outputs at 720x480. It doesn't like it. No display. WOrks fine on my TV directly or into the same cheap $5 switch.I have a Sofia2 on the Atari 800. It works, then it does not. I changed the resolution from 1280x960 to 1024x1200, 1366x960 as well. All of these resolutions work direct to the TV and guess where...again the cheap HDMI box.I went out of my way to disconnect everything from the multiple cheap boxes I have in order to clean things up and connect it all to this HDMI matrix...which is a job and it is not cheap. I really expected it all to work. Why would cheap HDMI boxes work but not this expensive matrix?What a waste and what a joke. Everything is connected back to the five dollar boxes now and this trash is going back immediately.Thanks for nothing.
TS
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2025
Works wonderfully. Annoying that it always makes multiple switches before connecting to the device thats powered on & constantly beeping when doing so.
Shawna
Reviewed in Canada on May 21, 2023
Waiting from family member review. Will update later
MG
Reviewed in Canada on March 30, 2023
Very easy set up, plug and play. One thing to note is if you have an Apple TV you may have to adjust your audio settings. Mine had to be changed to Dolby 5.1 or there was only music but no actual verbal dialog. Simple and easy fix. It’s very large, but comes with brackets to mount if that’s a problem for you. Even the ps3/ps4/ps5 all function smoothly with this setup, as they do tend to be the problem children. I hear the power adapters die off sometimes, but I haven’t had it long enough to know if that’s true. So far so good 🤞
Prism Ranger
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2023
This peace of equipment is incredibly useful for some one with a lot of game consoles, or other devices that use TVs or monitors.
AA
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023
I set this up for my game room, in which I have a number of modern and retro consoles. I decided to go for this 16-port HDMI switch to be the main piece of equipment I would funnel all my video feeds from the different consoles through. Works like a charm! I love the flat rather than stacked design of the HDMI inputs (one row of 16 inputs side-by-side rather than 2 rows of 8 inputs stacked) as I found this design made cable management much easier and cleaner. The box switches automatically when it sees a new input, and makes a clear beep when this happens. I read many reviewers found this annoying, along with the blue light, I rather like the confirmation beep, and the blue light doesn't bother me so much. One could tape over it with black masking tape if it really bothered them but then you wouldn't know what input you're on. It has an Infrared based remote that works nicely. The only awkward thing about the remote is that when you want to go to channel 1, you press 1 and wait... kind of annoying when there are 16 dedicated buttons, seemingly 1 for each channel. The only other challenge I had was getting my laptop to get my Samsung C49HG90 monitor to recognize the feed through the HDMI switch was a mighty struggle; I eventually split my setup so the laptop and the switch are feeding to different HDMI inputs on my monitor. All in all, one of the better purchases I made for my game room setup!
A.Miller
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
EDIT:I got a replacement from the manufacturer and auto-switch works correctly. Must have been a bad unit. Overaly very happy with this unit.Original review:This is one of the only 16-port HDMI switches on the market. Per the Amazon product page, it includes "Automatic input detection and switching." I take this to mean that when powering on a connected HDMI device, the switch will automatically change to that input. This does not work for me. It's also not clear whether the switch actually includes this feature or not. While the feature is listed on the Amazon page, the manufacturer's website only lists the time-based auto-scan feature. TESmart offers a download package that includes a PC Control app. This app has a button to turn this feature on an off. The included PDF describes this feature as:Auto input detect on:When plug new HDMI input source to the switch or power on the HDMI input source, the switch willautomatically select the input port that is connected to this input source.When unplug or power off the HDMI input source, the switch will switch to the input port which is last plugin or last powered on HDMI input source.This is exactly what I want but it does not work even after using the app to enable it. I have the app set up correctly as I can change other settings such as the muting the input change beep. I can also use it to change inputs.I should note that these other settings do not appear to be retained through a power loss.Adding to the further confusion as to the existence of this feature, there is a second PDF included in the PC Control app download. It is just an API documentation on the RS232 and IP Control hex commands you can send to control the switch. This is a great thing to include but I couldn't help notice that the automatic input detection and switching is not listed in this document.I have emailed TESmart support and will update this review if they can help.
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