Good SCART (also Component, Composite & HDMI) Switcher Boxes

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BitFaced
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Good SCART (also Component, Composite & HDMI) Switcher Boxes

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I want to have boxes/switchers (specifically switchers/splitters) for all my multiple inputs to the TV I'm using, and I currently had two really cheap ones I was using:

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It seems like these switchers are very near perfect, but suffer if they aren't perfectly set or moved slighty.

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Video and audio quality seems identical, I don't know whether there's any audio problems like high pitched noise (may be present in original cable), but the video might be slightly grainier or lower quality. I could be wrong though. It's just that the input SCART cable has to firmly set and not moved otherwise to not have all the video things set in place (screen not set perfectly, blurrier image, yellow image etc.). This could be not all of the SCART cable's pins meeting up with the slots. One thing in particular is that when I put a second input in, the first input lost some of its sound volume or half of stereo audio.

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-I seem to get slight static interference (both visually and audibly) and previously mentioned video problems if all connections are not perfect/if I move it around or something. May also give yellow miscolouring in this situation (which may have to do with the assumedly RGB cable I am using). Image quality seems slightly worse than original input and may have that high pitched noise problem as well. The video splitting does seem quite good though.

So yeah, these video splitters seem almost very good, but may be held back with issues. I basically want to know the line between bad cheap SCART boxes and good "cheap-ish" SCART boxes. These ones may be semi-decent, but how little can you pay for one that's damned accurate?
And speaking of switcher boxes, I'd also need ones for other inputs, specifically Component/Composite and HDMI (and S-Video and VGA out of curiousity). How cheap can you go for video switchers for these inputs while not stooping on quality?
Not to mention, could I build a sync stripper into the SCART splitter's coming off cable and will it work? I think it does for SCART extension cables...
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Re: Good SCART (also Component, Composite & HDMI) Switcher B

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There's an article @ Videogame Perfection with a thorough review of many available scart switches.
http://www.videogameperfection.com/av-g ... h-roundup/

I have a couple of push button, non powered ones that were working good but I no longer need since I upgraded to a powered Keene SCART Commander.

If you're interested I'd be willing to give them to you for cost of shipping from Canada.
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Re: Good SCART (also Component, Composite & HDMI) Switcher B

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Anapan wrote:There's an article @ Videogame Perfection with a thorough review of many available scart switches.
http://www.videogameperfection.com/av-g ... h-roundup/

I have a couple of push button, non powered ones that were working good but I no longer need since I upgraded to a powered Keene SCART Commander.

If you're interested I'd be willing to give them to you for cost of shipping from Canada.
Thanks for the link! I'll be sure to look into the two articles.
Now, what can be said about the other inputs?
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Re: Good SCART (also Component, Composite & HDMI) Switcher B

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for component, s-video and composite, I was using 2 Phillips PH61150 chained together. I picked them up for around $15 each at a liquidator store. Each input has all 3 video formats so with some RCA "Y" splitters for audio I could fit multiple consoles into one input.

The signal quality is great on the Phillips and it can be switched to auto mode where it can detect which console is on and switch to it automatically.

As for HDMI, it's digital so a switch will either work or it won't. any cheap ebay one should be fine.

I'm using a Monoprice one with audio breakouts so I can extract the surround sound as optical for my AV receiver which doesn't have HDMI input.
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Re: Good SCART (also Component, Composite & HDMI) Switcher B

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It may be worth your time taking a look at this thread:
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthrea ... eck-thread

I picked this one up and it's been awesome so far.
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