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Old 12-10-2014, 06:21 AM   #444
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Originally Posted by Blossom View Post
Can anyone recommend a cheap good HDMI switch or splitter? I need one for my DVD player and Roku. I plan to leave the Fire Stick connected to the TV through that adapter cord it came with.
This is the best, IMHO...

http://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-501BN-P...bn+hdmi+switch

It's best feature will be defeated by most streamers (Roku/Fire TV) since they never toggle power to the display. It auto switches which means that it notices when you power a device on and switches to that port. When you power the device off, it looks for another powered port. Pretty clever. If you put your uncooperative streamer on one port and everything else on this switch, you will not need to keep track of this switch's remote.

If I were using a streamer for mainstream apps (Netflix, Prime, etc.), I would go with a BDP-S5200 just because it will power off the display port after inactivity which allows it to work properly with this switch and, more importantly, shut off my tv when I fall asleep.
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