Computer Monitor Input Switch

I have use a variety of approaches to monitor 3 cameras and a computer driven slide show at a production bench. I considered all the the multiview monitors but never pulled the trigger because of price. I have a few 24 TV's lying around from different studio and computer builds. This added to one of those TV's is my current go to production monitor. A word of advice, use a TV not a computer monitor. Computer monitors may not support the resolution you are feeding from a camera or passing through an on camera recorder. The pile of surplus TV monitors now has a few computers monitor in the stack. The beauty of this device is a display of 4 inputs that can switch quickly via a remote to 1 input only. Which can then be scrolled from input to input. Attach a headphone to the TV and you can also monitor the audio on that input channel. Or in the split screen mode, you can select which audio feed you want to monitor with the remote. My 4 channel audio switch is no longer on the bench. If you get really creative, add a bluetooth transmitter to the headphone jack and you can wander around your studio with bluetooth headphones monitoring sound. If you are running the original ATEM mini which lacks a preview view, this lets you see a 4 input preview. You will need a splitter on each input with outputs to both this switch and the ATEM mini. Or just buy the ATEM Mini Pro and you will have a 4 channel preview device with a lot less wires.

This is a great simple video mixer for a two input setup. We currently use it to switch between a computer input running pro presenter and a separate video input an it works great.

I had (one) 8k input, now I have (4) 8k input. Nice, because of this switch.

Can't complain much about this switch when it costs $12. Does that job as I use this on a 1080P monitor with only one HDMI input. I switch between a PC and chromecast and it works really well!

This switch takes two input 3.5mm (1/8) stereo jacks and converts them to one output. One of my inputs (A) is from the soundcard in my PC; the other input (B) is from the headphones port on my combination HDTV/Monitor. I could connect my headphones to this A/B switch's output, but I connect a headphones amplifier to it (saves strain on my PC's power supply unit). When I want to use my headphones for miscellaneous purposes with my PC, I have the A/B switch set to A. When I want to use my headphones to watch movies with my Blu-ray player and my HDTV/Monitor, I have the A/B switch set to B. All three cables, two inputs and one output, are male-to-male stereo cables which are easy to find at a number of stores. Converting the two inputs to one output, however, was not easy. Many places have Y-splitters, but they don't work for this purpose. All they do is allow you to use sets two headphones from the same source. I could use my receiver instead of the switch, but that's much too bulky for my desktop. This A/B switch from B&H is very small--about 2 x 2 x 1/2--and takes up almost no space. And its a no-brainer to connect and use. Of course I could simply disconnect and connect my headphones back and forth between my PC and my HDTV/Monitor, but that wears down connectors and connections. Also it is much more convenient to just flip the toggle on the switch.

If you have an old monitor with a vga input this is a simple way to connect to a newer computer with only display port outputs.

I use it to route a computer monitor output to an HD-SDI input on a projector. The Blackmagic converter works flawlessly.

I like this switch over some others I have tried. If a PC is connected, the HDMI connection doesn't drop when you switch away from that input.

Love the computer so far but never got the monitor.

Great computer. I wish I had switch a long time ago.