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Advice on video selector please...

Posted by bystander on September 9, 2007 at 09:47:05:
Hi, I usually hang out over in Vintage and Vinyl, but I have a question for you Video folks.

I have a regular Sony 32" tv, nothing fancy. We have a dvd player, a PS2, a Dreamcast, a Wii, and who knows what other kind of video game equipment (my "home theater" is a big old Marantz receiver and a couple of bigger and older Bozak speakers).

The kids are always plugging and unplugging things, and when I go to play a simple dvd I find it to be disconnected. This does not make Dad very happy.

Could you please offer any suggestions or recommendations for a good quality switching device that will let me plug everything into one box and then select which input to watch at any time. Is there any loss of picture or audio quality with these devices?

Thanks for your advice.