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Component Switcher Review
This is a good component switcher when you have multiple devices (i.e. Game console, DVD, TV) that you want to hook up to one component video input. I have an x-box, Home theatre and digital cable hooked up to this and it works great. I just hit the button correlating to the proper device input and it instantly works. I also have Hi-Definition through my cable and I can see no difference. The only draw back is that you have to go to the switcher and hit the button but if that doesn't bother you than this is the one for you.
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Very useful switcher if you need it.
This is a nice product. I have a HDTV with two component and one DVI input. There's an XBox connected to one component input, and a progressive DVD player to the other. The issue was my Scientific Atlanta 8300HD DVR cable box, which needs a component slot. It has an HDMI which could be used to go to the DVI, but there have been issues with some TVs and I am not sure if it will work. It should, but who knows? Until I get the cable I won't know and this machine is next to nothing if it doesn't.
It's a pretty good device actually. Granted, it's pretty standard and doesn't up-convert S-video to component signals, but it's great for component video devices. I plugged in my DVD player and my cable box to it and passes everything from 480i to 1080i, including progressive signals with no difference in picture quality. You just plug everything into the box and the box into your TV, and you're set. Best of all, no power required! You can put it anywhere, even if it's not near an outlet, provided your cables are long enough.
But...buyer beware...this box comes with NO cables of ANY kind. No component cables, not even basic composite cables! You will need to get those separately in order to hook it up to your TV. You'd think for this price they would have added something, but they didn't...
In conclusion, if you need a simple component video switcher with stereo audio capabilities only, don't be put off by the low price...it performs like state-of-the-art switchers without the extra stuff. If only they packaged some cables with it, this thing would sell out in no time.
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Nice and simple: gets the job done
Don't expect any bells or whistles with this component video switcher. Nor should you hope to run into fancy interfaces here, either. This JVC HD Compatible Component Video Switcher will solve your problem (like it did for me), if you have an external component video signal (such as the case of an HD cable box) to feed into your receiver, but you lack any component video inputs on it.
With this little box, which requires no power whatsoever, you plug in the external component signals from your box and your receiver into it, and you send the component video output into your TV or projector. As easy as that. Plus it is as inexpensive as it gets this simple task done. You can pay a lot more, but why do it? Once more JVC delivered!
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Worked great for 8 months, then...
First of all, it amazes me that there are not more options out there for component video switchers. Very glad JVC is filling a niche that clearly needs more options.
I got this 8 months ago to handle 3 component video sources (DVD, HDTV, X-Box), and my amp only has 2 sources.
And it worked great for about half a year. Then, very gradually, I noticed that my picture was getting worse. A thin horizontal band of very faint red would move from the bottom of the screen to the top. At first I thought it was maybe a bad DVD or just specific shows, but it was persistent and over the course of a month got worse. The band thickened, and it was very noticeable on any shots with a lot of black on screen. Worried that it was a problem with my plasma tv, I decided to unhook all the video cables and check the components separately. It soon became clear that the problem was the JVC box; anything run straight from the component to the TV, or through the amp, worked perfectly clean. But, when that same paused DVD was run through the JVC, the red band returned.
Now working on getting it returned, hopefully covered by the manufacturer's warranty.
On another note, it would be nice if it had a remote control.
I'm hoping that more brands get into this market, I'm shocked at all the S-video switchers out there, but real lack of component video switchers.
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Novice User
Worked great and I was able to figure out the connections, even though I am a novice at such things. However, please be aware that you will need separate cables for each device you are hooking up to the switcher, a point not so obvious to someone like me!
