Philips 2 Device HDMI 2.1 Switch Splitter [8K@60Hz 4K@120Hz] Dolby Atmos, HD Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound, 48 Gbps Data Transfer, Switch Selector, Gaming, Smart TV, Firestick, PS5, PS4, xBox, SWV9173GR/37

If you’re connecting 2 computers to a shared monitor. This does what I thought the other brands would do. Push button switching the source. The resolutions work. No flicker and flash. No slow picture switch. A tactile button that feels like quality. And it’s just much smaller. Didn’t need to use external power either. A few extra dollars over the usual suspects. But worth it. (I like UGREEN and Anker and their other gear. So it’s not just vendor preference. This is about product.)

So for the last week, I’ve been searching for a 4-1 HDMI 4K compatible hub for my house office setup. I bought another one previously and it was not working the way I wanted. I couldn’t find one that was not auto switching (or at least anyone would answer the question in the product descriptions). THIS HOWEVER, is exactly what I was looking for. Very well made and easy to use. If you’re like me and have various devices that need to be plugged into, say a monitor, then this is what you need. It is perfect for when YOU want to control what device you’re using.Previous products with the auto switching, would randomly switch my Xbox X input to my MacBook Pro input whenever it detected any kind of activity on the MacBook. That was sooo annoying that the only way around it was to shut down my laptop every time I wanted to use the Xbox. Come on!! I’m so glad I spent the extra $8-$9 for this brand name Philips hub. Now I control the switching, reminds of my old school KVM switches but with a remote.If you want to control your HDMI options, get this you won’t be disappointed. Also, I’m not sure why but the video quality looks brighter and sharper with this hub compared to the off brand hubs I tried recently.

Does exactly what we needed to allowing us to add hdmi ports to our older smart tv and switch from device to device as needed. Easy set up…plug and play. May get another for our other tv.

The switch compensates for the fewer HDMI ports on many newer TVs.

This Philips HDMI switch allows me to switch between a streaming device, blu-ray player, and a Mac Mini M2 on my Sony Bravia TV set. Thankfully this switch does have HDCP passthrough so that the Mac Mini thinks it’s connected directly to the TV set. The remote is small and wafer-thin, so it feels kind of “meh”, but as long as it works okay I guess I can’t really complain. The power cord is plenty long enough to reach from my tv stand to the outlet on the adjoining wall. If you don’t want to use the remote, there is also a button on top of the HDMI switch that allows you to cycle through the four different inputs.