Recommend a good AV switch box with variety?

[treepop]

I have been looking for a switch an came across this post in my googleing.

I recently purchased this:

and found that 1st) the Color on the composite is cruddy. My nes looks much better directly hooked in. 2nd) When playing Phantasy Star 4 and I get a critical hit my tv freaks out. Sort of like it would look if I hit degauss. It does not do this directly plugged in via component on my TV.

So now I am on the lookout for a nice high quality switch, but am having a hard time finding either the Joytech 240c or Pelican PELPL957 mentioned earlier in this thread, for a reasonable price. Or really at all for that matter (one Joytech on ebay for $115 and Pelican for $65 and the bids are still going).

Anyone know of similar products to the 2 aforementioned products?


BTW I have:
NES: Composite
SNES: S-Video
Genesis: Component
PS2: Component
Gamecube: S-video
Sega Saturn: Composite (for now, might upgrade to SCART>component or S-Video in the future if I can find a darn cable)


Thanks!

[AppleQueso]

Have you considered just building your own? I can't imagine it'd be too terribly difficult.

You could probably forgo the switches altogether if you just remember to only keep one system on at a time.

[treepop]

Have you considered just building your own? I can't imagine it'd be too terribly difficult.

You could probably forgo the switches altogether if you just remember to only keep one system on at a time.

I think I know what you're saying. Can you link me to a guide? Thanks

*edit*
To be quite honest, I am not very handy, so a pre built switch might still be a better solution for me

[AppleQueso]

Have you considered just building your own? I can't imagine it'd be too terribly difficult.

You could probably forgo the switches altogether if you just remember to only keep one system on at a time.

I think I know what you're saying. Can you link me to a guide? Thanks

I don't have one I'm afraid.

I'm sure someone with some more electrical experience than I could whip something up maybe.

[pheonix991]

That certainly is a lot of devices for one switch box! I don't know of any switcher that can handle that many inputs of such varied types.

So here is my suggestion:

1. Get a Dreamcast VGA Box. Then get a VGA to DVI cable and a 3.5mm plug to RCA adapter to hook that up to your TV's DVI input. Now you will have enough s-video inputs if you get a 4 port s-video switch.

This is not possible. You can't go from analog to digital for $5. You would have to get some sort of converter box.

That cable is for digital to analog.

[RetroVision]

You may need to look not in the consumer world, but more in broadcast or AV solutions. Kramer Electronics makes awesome stuff...they can all be controller via serial 232 or you could write a basic script if your tech savy to control the device from your computer. Most consumer devices wont have all those ins and outs with control in one box. This device handles most of what you want except the basic coaxial cables which are prob on your 2600 and maybe the NES...but you could use converter in from of the device to convert coax to RCA. This device from Kramer is great (I sell broadcast gear for a living and their stuff is awesome, you will pay a price for it, but it has a 7 year warranty, cant find that in consumer land).

Kramer Electronics VS-1001xlm

http://www.kramerelectronics.com/produc ... 49#results

Or get a smaller one of these for Composite and separate one for other sources. Most of these have BNC instead of RCA jacks, but that can be fixed with a $1.00 adapter on each BNC port.

I know it may be a little out of the ballpark price wise, but it is probably the best way if you truly want to have

[Dakinggamer87]

Pelican System Selector Pro is my AV switch box that I use. I currently have two of them hooked up and I'm looking to get a third one shortly. It has all the connections that I need (component/composite/ethernet/S-Video/optical) for my classic retro systems and most of my current gen aside from HDMI.

Good luck on your AV switch box hunt!!

[treepop]

You may need to look not in the consumer world, but more in broadcast or AV solutions. Kramer Electronics makes awesome stuff...they can all be controller via serial 232 or you could write a basic script if your tech savy to control the device from your computer. Most consumer devices wont have all those ins and outs with control in one box. This device handles most of what you want except the basic coaxial cables which are prob on your 2600 and maybe the NES...but you could use converter in from of the device to convert coax to RCA. This device from Kramer is great (I sell broadcast gear for a living and their stuff is awesome, you will pay a price for it, but it has a 7 year warranty, cant find that in consumer land).

Kramer Electronics VS-1001xlm

http://www.kramerelectronics.com/produc ... 49#results

Or get a smaller one of these for Composite and separate one for other sources. Most of these have BNC instead of RCA jacks, but that can be fixed with a $1.00 adapter on each BNC port.

I know it may be a little out of the ballpark price wise, but it is probably the best way if you truly want to have

Wow. that seems like a tad more power than I need. I couldn't find a price on their site either. How much does that vs-1001xlm cost?

So you don't think there are any alternatives to the pelican pelpl957? That seems looney to me...

Maybe I will just stick with what I have and figure out a work around. The only real problem I have is the massive flicker when playing phantasy star 4 when I get a critical hit on attack. Instead of flashing white, it flashes while but the tv distorts real quick. Like is being turned off and on real quick (sorta but not as extreme). Suggestions?

*EDIT*
I only have 2 component cables...what if I got some sort of component cable splitter and put that directly into my tv...would that work?

*Edit 2*
I think I will just start a new thread trying to figure out why my screen freaks out only with phantasy star 4 crit hits. Thanks!