It used to be that you'd have to pay exorbitant prices for anything with HDMI stamped on it—routing that digital video (up to 1080p) and audio at the same time must be incredibly expensive, right? But HDMI cables sold by unscrupulous retailers for 10 times more than they're really worth still carry digital audio and video from one place to another the same way the cheap ones do.
The days of analog video interfaces are limited. In previous articles, we have touched on HDMI connections. It is clear that HD sources such as DVD players, cable set-top boxes and satellite boxes are transitioning to the HDMI standard. It is inevitable that future HD sources such as HD DVD players (HD or Blu-ray), and video game stations will utilize HDMI as the interface standard. With all these new HDMI source, how does one get the desired input to the HD monitor? In this article, we will get into the details of such a device: the HDMI switch.
If you want to go HDMI you won't have to pay an arm and a leg for the privilege, but most televisions only have one HDMI-in port. What happens if you want to plug in your games console as well as another HDMI device.
