No more transcribing or deciphering poor handwriting. I use the HDMI output to hook ...
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I am almost paperless now that I have this thing.  I take meeting notes using the writing->text conversion, then copy and paste them into a document to email them to people after.  No more transcribing or deciphering poor handwriting.

I use the HDMI output to hook up to projectors to show diagrams, drawings, source code, etc.

The Snotes program is great.  I do writing->text, draw diagrams etc., then email everything as a PDF when Iam done.  The ability to write directly on PDFs makes reviewing documents quickk and easy.

Battery seems to last on the order of a couple of days with decent use, and I haven't even disabled all the bloatware yet.

I am very happy with this thing.  If only it would merge more closely with a standard linux system, then I wouldn't need a laptop.
4400381
I recomend this product because it supports 1080 between DVD player recorder and the TV coming out  of
a Kinivo HS420 Premium 4*2-Four Inputs to Two Outputs solved all my problems
4486525
After several month's use on my HD flat panel TV, I can easily recommend this box if you need to "fan-out" a single HDMI input port to five independent signal sources. It does exactly what it says -- you control which input is selected, without the box trying to automatically switch to whichever input line is "active".  The remote works well and the overall hook-up and operation is simple and straight forward. Overall device quality seemed very good and packaging for shipment was good.  I could not detect any added audio or HD video signal deterioration/distortion.  The instructions are fairly adequate, just remember to pull the plastic insulating tape out of the back of the remote to allow the battery to make internal electrical contact to start the remote!  This was not mentioned in the instruction sheet of the unit I received.

I can understand why some reviewers have complained that the power and selected channel indicator LED's are too bright and are distracting.  My solution was to put a 3.5 inch strip of gray electrical tape across the front of the unit.  The gray is less obtrusive than the white electrical tape that I tried, and does it a better job of taming the LED's output.  You get a diffuse lighted dot to indicate "power on" and the channel that is "on", and can neatly write the name of the signal for the channels on it [e.g. DVD, Fire Stick, Computer, Game, etc.] with a Ultra Fine Point permanent marker pen.  Put a 3.5 inch strip of Scotch Magic Mending Tape on top to protect what you have written on the electrical tape if that is a concern.

18December2016 update -- one of the white LED's that indicates the selected channel has failed, but otherwise unit continues to work fine.
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I have an old 42" Sharp Aquos with only 2 HDMI ports, for the longest while I've been plugging and replugging peripherals and have been looking for a solution for a long time. I brought up the idea of purchasing a new larger TV with more HDMI inputs to the wife but she nixed that idea, so I got this instead. My primary purpose behind this was to get a receiver with 4 HDMI inputs, getting the speakers and the iPhone/iPod dock was just icing on the cake. I have to say now that I spent my evening setting it up and making sure everything works that I'm pretty pleased with the set. I did have some bumps initially getting everything setup, when I first plugged the unit it my TV complained it was getting an invalid video signal and an invalid audio signal. And once that went away I just had a black screen. But after going through page 29 of the manual, I found that INPUT SELECT and AUDIO ASSIGN worked together to actually get to the physical port I wanted to work with. If you plug your peripheral into SAT HDMI and you get to the SAT input and you haven't deviated from the defaults, you're going to get a blank screen until you press the AUDIO ASSIGN button a couple times to get it to move over to HDMI2. Who woulda thought that AUDIO ASSIGN meant change physical inputs?

But now that everything is setup I'm pretty content. I've tested my Mediacom HD-DVR cable box, AppleTV (running the latest iOS), my Samsung Blu-ray player and my Xbox360 they all worked great.
289659
Having multiple hdmi input this little device frees one hdmi port from my tv. perfect if you are looking to switch without unplugging the cables.
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I needed a solution to connect HDMI to Component connections.

I have the Amazon FireTV stick (which I'm so glad I bought) and the HDMI system on my TV went haywire (all HDMI ports generated an error message). Instead of getting the HDMI subsystem fixed I decided to try a less expensive solution. This LinkS device was just what I needed. It connected it up easily, turned on the set, pressed the home button on my FireTV stick remote and it worked great. The picture quality isn't quite HD with the device but it is pretty darn close.

The device does what it says it will do. I give it a 4 out of 5 simply because I would like to be able to turn the device off somehow when I turn the TV off, without having to unplug it or turn off the power strip.  Would be great if the device got its power from the TV (like the FireTV stick does) so it turned off when not in use. In terms of all other functionality though this device gets a 4.5 rating in my book.
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I don't consider myself tech-savvy in the least, but this little doohickey is plenty easy to figure out. I run an HDMI from my TV to the "output"plug on the J-Tech HDMI switch, and run HDMIs from my Roku 2, Blu ray/DVD player, and surround sound receiver to the "input" plugs. I then programmed my Harmony 650 remote to recognize the HDMI switch(took about 5 seconds), changed around a few "activity" commands on my remote, and POW! we're in business. Thanks, J-Tech, for making an idiot-proof, very functional gadget! As I learned from reading others' reviews of this particular switch, there's no need to plug it into an outlet if you've got it connected to a heavy power source, such as a TV; it will get it's power from the TV. How nifty is that?
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I was having problems with the HDMI signal not making it across a 30 foot in-wall cable (black screen even though the monitor detected the signal).  I had a hard time finding a reasonably priced signal booster that wouldn't cause me a lot of hassle (e.g., being forced to purchase a separate a/c adapter).  On a hunch, I bought this product, thinking that it would probably have the same effect of a signal booster.

Turns out I was right.  The splitter cleaned up the output and amplified the signal, and now the picture comes through strong on the other side.  Well worth the price of admission.
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Works well with my laptop and other HDMI devices!
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I purchased this device because I have three HDMI device outputs (from my Dish receiver, my Playstation 3 and my DVD player) and two inputs in the back of my Samsung LCD TV; and needed an easy way to combine them.

This device works fantastically.  I took the two 'secondary' inputs (the PS3 and the DVD player) and used this device for those two outputs, allowing the Dish receiver to have its own dedicated HDMI slot.  It will indeed automatically sense if an input is active or not; and it also has a manual switch.

About the ONLY improvements I could offer would be to

a) place rubber feet on the bottom of the device, as two HDMI cords plus a power cord can pull the device off kilter, due to the small size of the device; and

b) allow this device to be run/utilized by a universal remote, or even the standard Dish/DirecTV remotes.

Aside from that, I have no complaints at all.  :)
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Other than having to buy an HDMI cable to use this device, I love it.  It's simple to use and works great.
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I bought a great older audio video receiver cheaply.  It has seven powerful amplifiers and is sophisticated enough to decode all useful surround sound modes.  Just plug into it using the SPDIF digital audio optical connections.  But, it does not accept or switch HDMI sources.  My screen, while competent at switching HDMI does not have optical digital output to feed it.  An xBox plugs into the screen on HDMI and to the AVR on SPDIF directly,  No problem there.  Problem was how do I feed my Amazon Fire stick and Google Chrome Cast devices in to watch and listen?  With this little remote controlled box that problem is solved and most importantly no new problems are introduced.  No delay, no noises, and all surround sound modes pass through to the decoders properly.  Win! Win!
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Running a home karaoke setup through a macbook pro.  The HDMI output to the TV was causing a horrible hum through the macbook's line out which goes into the mixer and out to the active speakers.  Unplug HDMI, no hum.  Plug it back in, hum. This isolator immediately stopped that.  I didn't notice any change in the audio either.  A great solution to an annoying problem!
195932
Allows me to use my new monitors that only have HDMI and use my DVI cables and DVI connections.
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Perfectly splits my input signal into two output signals. It also removed the copy protection from my ps3 hdmi signal so I can record game footage on my capture card via hdmi for once.
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I'm not a gamer, I work with a lot of mixed multimedia.  If I ever need to record an HDMI device, this works really well.  It's convenient and quick to set up.
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Had an old Onkyo that was only working on 1 channel. I hooked this one up to by cable box. I used to have to do closed captioning to figure out what was being said on the TV, no more!