Customer Reviews

Pelican HD System Selector (4-consoles)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Ok, first of all the item is not as bad as some of these reviewers have written. I went out of my way to get a second one as I have NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox360, and a PS2 with a PS3 in the pipe. Both work flawlessly.

Here's the skinny... it's a switchbox... not a processor. It's 20 bucks... not 120.

That said you will have about a 0.5% signal loss (about a dB in signal) going through the unit. Unless you have a really nice HD TV and know where every pixel on the screen is going to be and at what time... you're not going to notice the loss. It does work in HD. The guy who says it doesn't should try fiddling with his settings. If the console and TV aren't configured correctly it will look very bad. All the box is is a physical switcher... wire for wire... and a solid one at that. I dropped mine on a concrete floor while moving and it took it smiling. The lack of completeness on the nameplates for the front is the only packaging complaint of mine. Most people that will use these are hardcore enthusiasts that will likely still have some of the older systems. At any rate... it's worth the money. If you're worried about signal loss then you can go ahead and buy one of the state of the art combiners and signal regenerators that will give you the best possible picture on a single mixed-down set of outputs. If you can afford the TV that would make a noticeable difference in this then you can afford to not bargain bin on your cables and switches anyways. (gold plated connectors are just an excuse to charge you more.. gold is actually a worse conductor than copper is.. worse than the alloys they use on this stuff nowdays, even... it just doesn't corrode. If you take care of your stuff you won't have that problem anyways.)

My only physical complaint about the unit is that it only has 3 component inputs and not 4 of them. The fourth input is composite/s-video, though, and better than most switches composite-only fourth port. I'll be buying a third and fourth one of these to handle the mix-down of the few consoles I'm adding in the future as they do not make, currently, a 12 port component switch... which is what I need.

Before we picked up our Xbox 360, we were already maxed out on the input ports of our home theatre system. This device, though, helped us piggyback our 360 in with our Playstation 2 connection with no noticeable loss of quality. It has both component and composite inputs (great if you have multiple devices with more than one output type), as well as interchangeable labels for each input. It's all mechanical, so there's no power connection necessary.

The one way it could have been better would have been if it included optical audio ports, but I understand that is much more complex technology and requires more expensive components. Aside from that, though, it has worked absolutely perfectly for me!

I've had this for a year and a half (I have my XBOX 360, PS2, Gamecube, and DVD player hooked up to it) and it works just fine! Don't belive the review that it doesn't work on HD (it's also hooked up to my HDTV with NO compromise of picture quality at all!) It's amazing that this works so well being the fact that the exterior of the unit is almost made entirely of plastic....the only reason why I didn't give it 5 stars.

I just set up a man cave in my shed and needed a way to hook up our Wii, PS2, and Xbox 360. This console fit the need perfectly. I also liked that it came with tab labels already printed so you can just snap them on the buttons for a clean look.

The right price; does the right job. The slightest fault might be that the connections and bonus cables are not gold plated, but this wasn't used on higher end equipment so there was no noticeable visual or audio degradation. I needed an inexpensive video selector that works with component connections and this was just what I needed. The bonus cables made it a great value too.

This is a great product for a great price - but you should be aware that if you have an older tv, or a tv that doesn't have multi-video mode capability (video 1, video 2, etc.) you will not be able to use the front Input 4 - so you can only actually use it for 3 peripherals, which is a bit annoying for me.

this product worked well (and still works today although it is less needed)
seller was great fast shipping

First of all, the one I got looked slightly different than what the picture shows. Other than that it's a great selector. I use my PS2, PS3, and my Xbox 360 on it for now, and I can have them all running at the same time and switch them whenever I want. It's great. All I do is push in the button, and the picture and sound is there, and it's great. The only negative things I have to say about it is that it only has 4 selectors, and the fourth one is on the front of the box. That can be liable to bend the cords. Other than that, it's a great cheap device, and I recommend anyone looking for a selector to buy this.

I got this system selector for my grandfather who needed to hook-up a vcr, dvd player, and satalite dish to his tv. All three items used AV cables while his super new HD tv only had one AV input, with four HDMI inputs. The item does exactly what it was meant to do just fine. Seller was fast. The only drawback is that the product doesn't have "blank" labels, I had to scratch off the "PS2" text in the button so that it would be for "satalite" - but the item discription let me know it didn't have blank buttons, I knew what i was buying :)

Great seller, great product.

Had this item for 4 months, until the component inputs on it broke inside, thereby not working anymore. Has been sitting on my shelf ever since, collecting dust.