20 Best Hdmi Switch For Gaming (2023 Updated)

Very good and easy to use product. This is now becoming an essential product. Basically today’s modern Television equipment mostly use HDMI cables to connect to your TV. This product allows you to connect up to 5 devices to one HDMI port.

It automatically switches to the most recent device turned on or used. Did come with a small power cable for plugging into a usb. But I have found it powers from the HDMI cables alone so doesn’t need any other power source.

Small lights on front of the box indicate which device is currently being used. And also a small handy remote to change to other device if needed. Delivery was quick, product is great. Couldn’t ask for much more.

I think this auto switch is great. This one feels more solid and has a more professional look and feel. The remote works well, with a button to advance up or down to the next Hdmi port, or a digital button to switch to the specific port you want – but you have to have a clear line of sight to see the unit.

The image quality is excellent. Installation is simple – plug each Hdmi port connected to the TV into the splitter and one Hdmi output to the TV. Overall, I am very happy with this product.

Really good quality automatic HDMI switch at a very reasonable price. I love that it switches automatically. 4 ports are just enough for all my devices. Works perfectly. The devices I have plugged in are: Nintendo Switch, PC, talktalk TV box and Xbox, and it switches freely with the little remote control.

Overall, I really recommend this product!.

I had this to send one of two signals to a monitor in the Narthex of my Church. One input was my camera (a view of the sanctuary) and the other my computer (for graphics). For about a month, everything was fine (except that it takes 2 to 3 seconds to switch.

) Then, when I had it switched to show what the camera was seeing, and I had it zoomed all the way in, it started flashing. Then it got progressively worse until now I have to zoom in and out to search for a focal length that it does not flash on.

I tried to call tech support and that part of their service has been disabled. So I sent them an email and their response was The GHDSW4K4 won’t work in this fashion. When I bypass this unit everything works fine.

When I put it into the circuit the output signal flashes. Simple troubleshooting logic. I told them and asked for a more detailed response. They said Again, the GHDSW4K4 won’t work in this fashion. I told them I was there and watched it happen with my own eyes.

They will not respond now. They are no help at all! My suggestion to everyone – Don’t buy anything from IOGEAR, they will waste your time and disappoint.

I have three devices that feed the one HDMI input on my TV: A Windows 7 laptop, a Windows 8 laptop and a really cool subscription free OTA DVR. The Iogear 4-Port 4K HDMI Switch is unusual in that it requires no AC, which certainly gives the space-starved power strips that are ubiquitous in most entertainment system setups (at least they are in mine!) a well-deserved break; it derives its power directly from the HDMI feeds to which it is connected, and I confess I had no idea that HDMI feeds were capable of doing that! It’s a somewhat mixed blessing however.

One has to be very cautious about connecting the HDMI cable to your sources. For example, when I connected my Windows 8 laptop to the Iogear, the laptop promptly turned off! I had to reboot from scratch! So one has to turn all the devices off first before connecting gear to the Iogear.

Once all cables are in place at both ends for all devices, then turn on all your various boxes and the thing will work properly. There was also an intermittent quirk on the remote control. One can directly address the various sources to which one wishes to switch.

Whatever you have connected to port 1 can be pulled up by simply pushing the 1 button, the port 2 source can be pulled up by pushing the 2 button, and so forth and so on. But the first time I connected the DVR to the Iogear, which was the first time I had more than two sources connected to it, the directly addressable number buttons no longer worked.

Only the Input select button at top, which simply cycles through the connected sources, would work. After a day, that problem mysteriously disappeared. The bottom line, it does what I wanted it to do, — now, after these minor mishaps, — and, for the money, there’s nothing else I know which gives one this capability.

Just be prepared for some curve balls before everything’s up and running.

Nice case, comes with a remote. However, it does not have its own power cable, button on the front does not switch inputs as designed, and the remote does not work to switch inputs either. When a theater sound system is turned on it switches away from the active video feed.

Frustrating.

I bought this as a cheap short term solution for a difficult problem in an aula. At first it seemed to work but yesterday the pc could not detect the attached beamer. It switched to another laptop without a problem.

But the pc did not recognise any device even if it did the day before. I’ll go back and fiddle with the cabling a bit. Back to the old drawing board.

What a nice product. I found the overall build quality of this to be great and the ability to switch from one HDMI source was simple and easy. There was no pixelation and no interference at all with this unit.

I have one device that would not detect properly but this is a very old HDMI 1. 0 source which may have had something to do with it. Every other product I tried worked perfectly and there was no degradation of image quality.

If you have limited HDMI ports on your system or are like me and want a simple 1 cable connection to the tv and many devices to go input, this is a perfect little product. The box contains the switch, remote, and power adapter.

On a side note I used Startech HDMI cables for my hookup and again they worked perfectly. I received this product in exchange for an unbiased review.

The manufacturer is pretty clear that this thing is supposed to work at 4k, HDR, 60hz, but I haven’t achieved that yet. I have a PS4 Pro connected to my TV through this thing. If I plug the PS4 directly into the ~10′ cable to the TV, I get 4k HDR 60hz.

If I run the PS4 through this switch (using a 3′ cable that will also give me 4k HDR 60hz when plugged directly from the PS4 to the TV), l may get video or sound for a fraction of a second, but basically no connection.

It does work at 4k, HDR, 30hz. So, it’s either this thing or the cables or a combination. I’ll update after I try things out with the new cable. Update: Works at 4k HDR 60hz with a 15′ Monoprice certified cable.

We are in the process of upgrading our conference rooms for wireless access to A/V. Some of the folks are hesitant / resistant to change. We therefore want to have the option to connect wirelessly or by HDMI cable.

The StarTech switch is the perfect solution. It automatically senses input and switches to the appropriate source. No muss, no fuss. The small form factor makes it very discrete. Lastly, having it’s own power source means that we are not relying on power over the HDMI cable, which may be a problem with longer cable runs.

This is the one for anyone with a PS4 Pro *and* an Xbox One X. I’ve got a TV with only one 4K HDR input but two game consoles that need it. I could plug one into another input, but I would lose HDR color.

After buying these premium pieces of gaming hardware, why should I settle? Champagne problems. I bought and returned so many HDMI switches I lost count. Many of them say they are 4K HDR capable, but few actually seem to be.

I experienced problems ranging from intermittent glitches in the picture, to no signal passed at all. This was the first 4K HDR switch I bought that actually did what it was supposed to do and did it perfectly, so it’s the one I’m hanging onto.

This is the one you want.

Love this addition to my jungle of cables. It works as perfectly as you would imagine! I can now switch between my PC and Console on the fly. The onyl flaw I found wasn’t in the product itself, but with what it came with – no extra HDMI for that Output port, but that’s an easy fix.

Would recommend if you’re like myself and only have 1 monitor for all your sitting around. No more switching over what’s plugged in.

Fortunately, I’ve only had one device that this switch didn’t like. the other dozen or so I’ve connected have worked fine, even when connected over a long cable. The one device it didn’t like was a laptop, so it wasn’t the end of the world it might have even been a software issue.

What I really don’t like, though, is that the switch won’t let you select an input when the connected source isn’t active. When I press Input 5 on the remote, I expect it to select Input 5, no matter whether the signal on that input is alive yet or not.

This makes using the switch with a Logitech Harmony remote control difficult often a device hasn’t been fully powered on when the Harmony sends the command to select an input, so the switch just ignores it.

It would be nice if there was a way to disable this “feature. ” Also, the auto input select feature infuriates me as well. I don’t want it switching over to my Roku because my Xbox is installing an update and its HDMI output shuts off for a fraction of a second in the middle of rebooting.

It’s another feature I wish I could turn off. My remote is smart enough to manage switching inputs I don’t need a switch that tries to be handle this on its own, messing things up in the process. PROS: Works with nearly every device I’ve connected to it.

CONS: It won’t let you select an input that isn’t currently active. The auto switching “feature” is infuriating, as it will switch away from a source you’re watching if the connected device is rebooted or powered off, even for a fraction of a second.

I’d rather it only switch sources when I tell it to.

So I previously bought a 4 port switch but ran out of ports. It was a monoprice 4 port switch with audio extraction. I have a projector home theater setup so everything goes though the switch and then a very long HDMI cable goes to the projector and the audio was extracted to my sound system.

I bought this paired with an audio extraction kit to add 4 available ports to my setup. It works great with my playstation and my xbox, but my chromecast and OTA TV tuner both don’t send the right signal when the HDMI handshaking happens.

From my research my projector is displaying in RGB but the Chrome and the TV tuner are sending YPbCr signals, and the red channnel is wrong hence a total pink tint/layer on my image. The manual being an example in terrible grammar and syntax, it’s hard to actually attempt to fix the problem since there is very little documentation or troubleshooting.

So right now, looking at about 100$ for a useless device. I’d give it rave reviews if there actually was a solution for my problem, but it seems I’m stuck with it. Don’t buy this unless you are sure it will work with your setup PROS: – It seems sturdy and well built – Remote control is nice – Easy to install/use CONS: – HDMI handshaking between some of my devices (Chromecast is one of them) doesn’t work properly, I get a pink tint on my display projector and no amount of playing around with it seems to fix the issue.

– Blinking LEDs are annoying – Remote extra buttons that are seemingly useless – Manual is filled with bad grammar and not very clear.

Have an older plasma TV in the bedroom (hey, no jokes, it still works good), that only has 2 HDMI inputs. Well, just added a DVD player in addition to the cable and Fire TV. Also, the TV is mounted to the wall so hard to get RCA cables in the back, and sticking out the side of the TV is unsightly.

I have a right angle adapter for the HDMI cable. Decided that a switch and one HDMI cable up to the TV would be a good idea to reduce clutter. First off, I was a little surprised at the devices size; it’s really small.

Based on other reviews, my expectation was it would operate without needing any USB cable for power. Hooking up is pretty simple, but it’s still a mess of HDMI cables. In addition, because the connection is made on each side of the circle, it makes it a little bit of a challenge to have on the stand without looking odd.

I tucked it behind the cable and DVD boxes as best as I could. Might consider mounting on the side or back, however then you really can’t see which device you’re switching to. After hookup, all 3 devices worked as expected.

No extra power needed. The switching takes a little pressure and click with a finger, but no issues. Manual operation, so pick your device before you crawl into bed. I would have rated it a 5 if it wasn’t for the design.

I admit I was a little skeptical at first, but since it had 2 previous 5 star ratings I figured what the heck? It completely met my needs for expanding HDMI Ports for my Samsung Smart HDTV. Good quality and compact enough to keep it “hidden” to alleviate wire clutter around your entertainment center.

Picture and sound quality are superb. One word of advice though if you’re going to connect 2 or more game console to it ( I have both my PS4 and PS3 connected to it ) use the supplied USB power cable.

Most HD flat screen TV’S have at least one USB port.

Misleading pkg. States connects up to three HDMI devices to your TVs HDMI port but the cable needed to accomplish this task is not included. Could not see end of cable that comes with product so didn’t know it had a USB connection which won’t work.

No where does it say you need to buy another part to accomplish the task intended.

No more tangles and switching cables with available 5 ports that automatically switches. It also came with a remote for when the box needs to be switched manually. Get this and reduce cable mess.

Both of my purchases are sturdy products. The HDMI switch works well with my connected devices. One cord to the TV and all other cords attached to the switch allows for less tangles.

Tripp-Lite is a trusted brand. There are many HDMI switches on the market from unknown brands. Many of the devices even look exactly the same but sold by a different companies. This is a plug and play device, small and compact.

I use it for my PS3, PS4, Xbox one, Wii, and Pi Gamer. So far it’s working as expected and no complaints.

I’ll give this unit this: it DOES have 8 HDMI ports. Most of its competitors seem to cap out around 5 or 6, and this definitely does have the most out of any single unit I’ve seen. As far as anything else is concerned though, it’s very well beneath the bar, and has a wealth of issues that none of my four previous switches have had.

For starters, the actual automatic switching feature barely, if ever, works. It likes to switch to ports that have nothing on them when OTHER ports activate, and I question if this is a straight defect.

Sometimes, it just drops a signal for no reason at all, and usually while I’m in the middle of doing things. I specifically remember being in the middle of a game, and it jumping to a port that had nothing active, forcing me to then find the remote and then manually toggle my way back to what I was previously doing.

Otherwise, it seems like certain HDMI ports work better than others. I get bizarre green lines that display horizontally on certain ports (and the cables themselves work perfectly on other televisions this has been tested), and I’ve just come to terms with the fact that I’m not capable of using them.

Hilarious considering its multiple ports were the entire reason I purchased the switch. So overall, this unit seems to have an immense number of drawbacks. If you absolutely HAVE to have 8 ports, then check this out, but be advised you will spend a large portion of extra time fighting it in an attempt to get it to do what it’s supposed to.

This is a very nice switch. The only problem I had with it is some of the default (out of box) configuration settings were not as described. For example, auto switch was enabled out of the box even though the documentation says it should be off, Had to get a usb to rs232 cable to reconfigure for my application.

Configuration was simple using the cable and hyperterminal (hadn’t seen that in a while). Solid unit once it was configured properly.

works but switching is slightly delayed. remote worked for a few minutes when first set up and then failed. serial port control was not tested. 4 of 5 stars. switching via pushbuttons works fine. remote control does not work.

We had a 3×1 automatic switch (no remote) we had to get up and press the button half the time to switch HDMI input sources. not to mention, two extra devices we had to unplug cords to plug them in. This switch is a HUGE upgrade and works perfectly with excellent resolution.

The remote enables you to switch directly to the port you want to view without toggling through all your sources (though you can toggle too). Highly recommend. One item of note: The led lights on the front of the unit that indicate the source selected are extremely bright.

This can be a plus for some, but may bother others.

This was the perfect solution to my wiring issues. Have too many devices for the 4 tv inputs and constantly had to remove hdmi cables as I rotated through devices. This works great and the remote is extremely handy to manage my devices.

I bought just what I needed. 5 HDMI ports are great so you do not ruin the pins by jamming them into different ports you can leave them plugged in.

I have been in the technology business for over 35 years and for the past 20+ years I have been asked to provide unbiased reviews of various products from both the AV and IT world. In review of this product I have found that this product provides true 4K video from the 4 independent sources.

Unlike others I have tested, there is no tearing or pixelation during fast motion video partly due to the 60Hz refresh rate where others in this same class only allow 30Hz. The remote is intuitive and there is not set up for the device, therefore there is no instruction manual as there is no need for one.

In the box: -HDMI Video Switch -IR Remote Control (with CR2025 battery) -Universal Power Adapter (NA, EU, UK, ANZ) In summation, solid product, intuitive and easy to use. I received this product in exchange for an unbiased review.

This works really well. I run a DVD player and a ROKU player separately into a monitor and this gives me the extra HDMI port I needed. There is a remote control which I don’t use or need since I only turn on one of the two input devices at a time.

I had bad experiences with a couple of “y” shaped multiple HDMI input port devices before I tried this one. I was so glad to find one that worked.

If you happen to be using this switch with a KDLinks media player (mine is the HD720), be aware of the fact that the IR code from the Tripp Lite’s remote to select input 2 on this switcher is the same code used to turn the power on to the media player.

This drove me crazy for a few hours since I was trying to select a different device on input 2 using my Logitech programmable remote, but the KDlinks player kept turning itself on, which caused the auto-switch mode in this HDMI switcher to go to the KDLinks player instead of the other device.

(The auto-switch function in the Tripp Lite switch cannot be turned off. ) The fix is to put the KDLinks player on input 2 so that when your Tripp Lite or Logitech IR remote sends the command for input 2, it also turns on the KDLinks player at the same time, so no harm done.

I bought the 113704 switch to allow me to use a Logitech Harmony Hub in order to manage a Raspberry Pi 2 (running Plex) and an Amazon Fire TV connected to an older Vizio TV which has HDMI ports. Since the TV in question is in the children’s playroom and I don’t have a surround sound system connected to it I decided to spend $150 on a cheap AV Receiver in order to control the HDMI input switching between the Amazon FIre TV and the Raspberry Pi 2.

This switch, like most at this price range, is auto-sensing which can prove problematic when using the Harmony Hub, however after spending the time to set it up correctly I have encountered no issues with using the Harmony to control the switching of the HDMI inputs.

I have the Raspberry Pi (which is always on) connected to input 1, and the Amazon Fire TV connected to input 2. Input 3 remains vacant for now but may later be used with an XBox 360. I did find that the Logitech Harmony Hub did not have this switch (113704) in its database, however it did have the 5 port version.

Unfortunately you can’t use the 5 port version commands since the wrong hdmi input gets selected. I therefore spent 30 minutes programming the Harmony Hub to recognize the IR commands using the original Blackbird switch remote.

After having programmed the Harmony Hub the switch has performed perfectly. I am giving 4 stars – rather than 5 stars – for 2 reasons: 1) The LEDs are VERY bright – this can be fixed with some tape or a marker pen.

2) I wish the switch makers would include a way to toggle on/off the auto-sensing – albeit I have not had an issue with my current set up.

Works as advertised. I’ve got it hooked up between a Blu-Ray and XBox One and my 2006 HDTV. The little remote it came with works fine, though I’m controlling it with a Logitech Harmony remote. The Harmony software even had it in the list, so I didn’t have to use the learning function on the remote, which was nice.

My only complaint is that the LED’s on the front are WAY too bright. I put a piece of masking tape over them and made it much more tolerable. It’s inelegant, but it worked. Also, the labelling printed on the device is a little silly.

It says “LED1,” “LED2,” “LED3. ” It’s easy enough to tell what they actually meant, but I chuckled when I saw it. “LED1, eh? Yup. LED1 indicates that it itself is on? How meta!” Regardless, I find it worth (small!) price!.

Received it yesterday, and it took me 2 minutes to get it up and running. I have an RCA converter box/recorder, a Panasonic Blu ray player, an Amazon Fire stick, and a PlayStation 4 running through it, I was surprised that on my initial run through of all my devices that everything worked, no need to purchase newer cables, which I did anyway.

I did have a minor issue with synching this to my Harmony 650, I couldn’t seem to get Inputs 1 and 5 to work, but my persistence paid off. I love that it works just fine without a power adapter, you can even power it off!!! I highly recommend this.

great product at a nice price!!! PROS: Pros: Output and all 5 Inputs are in the rear of the unit, excellent weight distribution. Works without an AC adapter. Works fine with Harmony remotes. Should work just fine with your current HDMI cables.

CONS: Cons: Indicator lights are a little bright.

Nice to be able to share one set of peripherals between two different laptops. I thoight the external remote was a good idea but in practice I find I don’t care for it. It’s easy to misplace and it can also just get in the way too easily.

I sent this back so I could get one with a button.

This is a fairly decent 3 way HDMI splitter that’s great for freeing up ports and simplifying cable management. The build quality is nothing to write home about however it wasn’t a huge concern. Overall, good product that delivers accordingly.

Works Great for the price. Monitor verified the 4K signal output. I definitely recommend this product. No deficiencies that I can find.

This switch is relatively low cost and can add a couple of extra HDMI ports to your TV or monitor. The push switch works smoothly and the LEDs indicate what input is connected.