Santa Fe Trail
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Movie Reviews of Santa Fe Trail
Movie Review: Not a bad switcher. You could pay more for better build.
Summary: 5 Stars
Got this one for under $60 bucks from Abacus (don't know why they're sold for so many different prices on Amazon). Its the same Chinese OEM stuff from Monoprice. The unit itself is metal and very simple. The HDMI connections are gold plated and seem solid enough. I tested with Comcast HD box, DVD upconverting DVD player, Xbox 360 and PS3. Everything works fine, though the first time the Xbox 360 experienced periodic stuttering of video. I think I had it on a different port the second time an all was well. The remote is chintzy and cheap but, c'mon, its 60 bucks and it works fine (at least they gave you a couple of cheapo batteries in the box).
All in all nothing to complain about. It works as advertised and saved me from buying 5 25ft hdmi cables to send to the LCD on the wall.
Movie Review: Great HDMI Switch
Summary: 5 Stars
Since this is my first experience with an HDMI switch I'm not exactly sure what the difference is between this unit and the more expensive units, other than the obvious price difference.
Pro's: The unit works great and does what it's supposed to do. It is currently serving as a switch for my HD Cable Box and my upconversion DVD Player and I haven't a problem with either. Very easy to install. For those who are interested, it is on the list of devices controllable by Harmony remotes and my 550 handles it with no problems.
Con's: Only one I've found so far is that you will need space for another wall wart plug in. But even that is small, compared to some other's I've been stuck with.
Why pay the extra money? Get this one. I think you'll be very happy with it.
Movie Review: Now I have 5 ports!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Like most people who purchased an HD TV I soon found out that my TV only had 1 HDMI slot. This was not a problem for me until I bought my Xbox Elite and borrowed my friends PS3. Every time I wanted to play I had to unhook the HDMI cord and plug it back into my Time Warner DVR. This was getting very cumbersome very fast. So I did some research and found many different HDMI switches in stores and on the web. The ones I found in stores were very expensive and weren't compact at all. I ran across this model and decided to buy it based on the reviews I read. It was a very smart buy. It works great with my DVR and Xbox Elite with no apparent signal loss and it's small!!! I am very satisfied with this switcher and recommend it to anyone that needs extra HDMI ports.Movie Review: Did not work with my Apple TV
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very happy when I received this unit by mail. I connected my DVD and Apple TV to it, but for some reason, my Apple TV did not work. I tried all settings on my Sony Bravia 46" and on my Apple TV, but to no avail. By doing further research, I found out that you need an Apple TV compatible TV switcher. So I bought the Xtreehd 4-Port HDMI Switcher by XtremeMac, which is advertised to be Apple TV compatible. It did work.
If you have an Apple TV, make sure that your switcher is compatible with it before you buy it.
Other than the above glitch, this switcher is really great. It comes with a remote control, so switching between outputs is really simple. It also looks nice and high tech. I do recommend it.
Movie Review: Works Well, But Is A little Balky
Summary: 4 Stars
This unit works well. But when I want to switch from one channel to another while all units are on, I sometimes have to turn off the switcher and then turn it on again. For example, if I'm watching something on Directv and wish to switch to my Blu-ray player, when I click channel 5(which is best for Blu-ray), I sometimes have to hit the off/on switch on the switcher in order to get it to recognize the Blu-ray player. Maybe I'm doing something wrong in the first place, but it seems to me that it should switch from one venue to another seamlessly.
Outside of that, the unit works fine and I can see no degrading in the quality of the picture while using this switcher.