Kinivo Premium 301BN High speed HDMI switch with IR wireless remote and UK plug - supports 3D, 1080p (301BN - 3 Port)

I had initially purchased 2 other HDMI splitters. Following are the products:1. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0020426AG/Duronic HDS3 Mini 3 Port Gold HDMI Auto Switch PIANO BLACK 3x1 (3 way input 1 output HDMI Switcher)It was very small, cute and worked. Auto-switched and everything for a size that small was amazing. However, when I connected my PS3, there was interference and the picture kept flickering which was very annoying. For £9.99 it would have been an awesome buy if it just worked.2. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DZIXJAM/CSL - HDMI Switch 3D Ready / Full HD 1080p - flexible 3 port switch | 3 x IN / 1 x OUT | Dolby True HD / intelligent switch- automatic and manual switchThis is a horrible purchase. It just didn't output anything and my monitor kept saying that there was in input feed at all. Tried all combinations of my laptop / ps3 / pc. It did recognize the inputs and the lights were automatically switching, but just no output whatsoever.-----Thanks to Amazon's amazing customer service, I returned both. I purchased the 3 port high speed HDMI is just amazing. I think this just works because it is externally powered and hence no interference. It is slightly expensive at £21.99, but you pay for quality. It auto-switches and detects inputs. When the devices are on standby, the input lights go off indicating that there is no input. When all inputs are off, it switches off the output signal as well and the output light also goes off.I don't write many reviews, but just had to write for this one!!!

This device drove me mad. Every time I touched a button on my TV's remote control this HDMI switch took it upon itself to change channels from whatever device I was watching to some other irrelevant and undesired setting. I tried messing around designating different devices for the various channels but to no avail, until one night I'd had enough and threw it across the room, whereupon it bounced off a door into the kitchen. At which point I really do have to pay tribute to the build quality which is is truly excellent - several hard stamps from a boot on a hard kitchen floor failed to destroy it. In fact it took several blows from a heavy bricklayers' lump hammer to finally put it away completely. I got the impression it would have lasted forever which makes me glad I got rid of it when I did. Life's too short to put up with dysfunctional devices like this one.By the way I've replaced it with an AUKEY bidirectional HDMI switch which has purely manual switching and stays resolutely on the channel you set it at – result!

I purchased this product to (effectively) expand the number of HDMI sockets on my TV (even a new Panasonic upmarket product only has 3!) I was reluctant to buy any of the 'unpowered' switches which rely on power supplied by the Blu-ray player (or other HDMI source). The amount of power required by these switches is rarely stated and, even if it were, the power available from the HDMI source is even less likely to be known - creating an opportunity to damage the HDMI multi-media source. Fortunately, there are a number of powered HDMI switches which use separate power units embodied in the mains plug - the Kinivo 301BN is one such.The 301BN is a 3 input one output HDMI switch which is solidly built and comes with a remote control to enable users to select a particular HDMI source device. It is supplied with a short but very helpful instruction booklet. Specific media inputs may be selected in two ways (a) Automatic Input selection or (b) Input selection via Remote Control. When operating in Mode (a), the switch searches for a signal from input port 1 to input port 3, stopping when it finds its first active HDMI port.As others have observed, even though a DVD player or other media source may be switched off, it is often the case that their HDMI ports ARE ACTIVE in this state. It is therefore useful to plug the media sources into the powered up switch and (using the 'active port' LEDs on this switch) determine which sources are 'Active' in their powered off state! These sources should then be connected, starting with the highest numbered port, leaving devices whose ports are in-active in the off state to be searched first by the switch. Failure to do this will mean that the automatic input selection can stop on a source which has no media output present! In this situation, the desired active source may quickly be connected using the supplied remote control.In operation, the switch has worked perfectly, with no perceptible degradation in video quality when routed via the switch. Some other reviewers have noted that the LEDs are very bright, but in my opinion, the only time they are likely to be a distraction is when the media content is Election Broadcasts! In summary, the product is well made, and does what it says on the tin.