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Gefen Releases 1:5 HDMI Switcher - Necessary for Consumers?

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Written by AVRev.com

Friday, 05 December 2008

Gefen Releases 1:5 HDMI Switcher - Necessary for Consumers?

While not professional installer grade, Gefen has released a new, working HDMI 1.3 switcher. Ready for this? One HDMI video/audio input and five HDMI video/audio outputs. Hmmmm. Can someone explain the function of this box?

Seems like the switcher is backwards. Shouldn't it be 5 signals in and one signal out. Honestly, who needs to send one signal to five displays. A consumer doesn't and venues need a whole lot more complex distribution setup than one in and five out.

But, apparently this switcher supports full DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD passthrough as well as 1080p bandwidth. Gefen even includes a six-foot HDMI cable. Their press release states the device can be bought for a "minimal fee." Right. And minimal means what exactly?

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amann1

|2008-12-05 10:45:10

"Minimal Fee" = $499

http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod
_id=5244

ender21 - Huh

|2008-12-05 14:57:32

Agreed, this is a head-scratcher for "non professional" use.

Linda Morgan - corrected info

|2010-04-22 15:09:18

There is a lot of inaccurate information in this post. First, the unit is a
Splitter (as you can see on the photo) not a switcher. It sends one source to up
to five displays at the same time.

Secondly, I wrote the press release and
nowhere did it say the unit was available for a "minimal fee". Perhaps
the person who posted this story mistook MSRP for minimal fee? This actually
stands for manufacturers suggested retail price. You can see the release
here:http://www.gefen.com/kvm/news/view-news-item.
jsp?news_item_id=62

Finally, if a large home owner wanted to view a Blu-ray in
several bedrooms and a home theater at the same time, this would function
appropriately... that is one function for you to understand.

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