RCA HD4DCA Component Video Switcher

by RCA

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 6.7 x 2 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• ASIN: B000FCT2CK
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,942 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 17, 2006

Product Description

With Component Video Switcher, you'll be able to connect up to four additional components to your HDTV or A/V receiver using component video inputs and stereo audio or digital coax audio inputs. Integrated learning circuit learns on/off commands from IR remote controls so that you can switch sources using your existing remote(s).

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheap quality, July 5, 2007

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Chris - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA HD4DCA Component Video Switcher (Electronics)

Does exactly what it advertizes. Switches among 4 component video sources with no noticable loss in quality. I was concerned when I ordered it because it did not come with a remote, so I figured that I'd have to push buttons on the unit to make the switch. It solves that problem with a feature that allows it to learn the signal of any button on any of your remotes and use that to switch the source. So, for me, turning on the DVD player causes this unit to switch to the DVD source, etc. Execellent choice for a component switcher.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars HD yes, but poor signal handling, January 12, 2008

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Felter32 (Philly burbs) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: RCA HD4DCA Component Video Switcher (Electronics)

This thing works as advertised, yes. However, if you have an HD signal fed into a monitor that does not correct the signal automatically, it is junk. That is, if you see an explosion or something bright on screen, the monitor will blink out for a second before coming back. Thats particularly bad if you are playing video games. At any rate, it does do what it is supposed to do, but not well, and not consistently.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works!, January 16, 2008

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Mr. Matthew J. Ghali (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RCA HD4DCA Component Video Switcher (Electronics)

No frills, no flash, but it does what its advertised to do.

I have an HD Tivo, AppleTV, HD DVD and Nintendo Wii running through the box and have not noticed any signal quality degradation. The switch has held up for probably more than a year of use, with no problems.

I have it set to select the Wii input by having it learn an unused button on one of my other remotes (the '0' button on my HD DVD remote works well). Were I to move to a universal remote, I'd just choose an unused remote from a device I don't use anymore and have both the universal remote and switch 'learn' commands from it. Honestly I can't believe the other reviewers complaining about the lack of remote- its not rocket science.

The one downside to the switch is no TOSLink (optical digital audio). Pretty much all my devices now only have TOSLink out. There are optical to coaxial converters, but they are bulky with the wall-wort power supplies and just another thing to fail eventually.

Overall I think this switch has awesome bang for the buck.

EDIT: This switch was excellent at its old price [...]. Selling it for over [...] should be a crime.