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Message: [QUOTE="aquova, post: 315151, member: 619821"] I've got a number of retro consoles hooked up, and the classic problem quickly becomes how to connect all of them to your TV. In my case, I settled on using component cables as my main video standard because they give much better video than composite, but standards like SCART were incredibly rare here. I'd like to avoid having to plug and unplug in my consoles every time I want to use them, so a while ago I picked up one of these 3 input/1 output switches. They're cheap, easy to find, and for a few years now, it's worked quite well. [ATTACH type="full" width="323px" size="474x289"]107049[/ATTACH] However, I've recently picked up some other systems, or modified some of my existing systems, to use component as well. I've now got about 5 different consoles all vying for the three input spots, with potential for me to add more in the future. What's more is that I have both a CRT and a LCD monitor, and it would be nice to have the option to choose between displays for later 3D consoles. Which brings me to my question. Aside from that box above, the only other component switch I have been able to find at all is the gcomp 8 input/2 output switch. [ATTACH type="full" width="353px" size="1280x1280"]107052[/ATTACH] On paper, it's everything I want. I could hook up everything I have, both input and output, and still have room to grow. The only problem is that it's over $300. You could buy 10 of those smaller boxes and still have money left over. I cannot in good conscious spend the money on something like that. What are other people using? I have to imagine there's some sort of device out there from the mid-2000s that does exactly what I want, but everything seems to be harder and harder to find these days. I'm somewhat regretting not standardizing to SCART, as those boxes seem readily available, but by the time I re-purchased every cable I had, I could almost (but even then not quite) buy the expensive gcomp box. [/QUOTE]

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