Looks like you got a passive switch to me. The Video Storm one I got is an active switch and works much better with HD. Their site has info on how video signals work. It's more in depth than I need, but makes for good reading if you are the type. Cheers, John
Hi! I got a matrix switch that's pretty cool from Video Storm. It lets me do a 4 in 2 out, and the outputs can be from 2 different inputs. It takes care of my audio and video needs, got optical too even though I don't need it. I saw something similar from Zektor for more. I am considering...
A switch would work best. The Y works for splitting outputs, not so sure about joining inputs. One thing about the Y is that it does not retain the quality of audio/video or whatever you are splitting. I bought a CSM42 matrix switch from Video Storm LLC to do something like this except I had a 4...