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wiggy:
--- Quote from: AppleQueso on March 27, 2012, 09:38:36 AM ---on the other hand, it's kinda hard to fuck up a switchbox
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You'd like to think so, but that's not the case at all. I've run into many, MANY shitty switch boxes in my life. IMO, any that have the push button mechanism are crap, versus the boxes that detect signal and switch on their own.
AppleQueso:
--- Quote from: wiggy on March 27, 2012, 11:02:01 AM ---
--- Quote from: AppleQueso on March 27, 2012, 09:38:36 AM ---on the other hand, it's kinda hard to fuck up a switchbox
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You'd like to think so, but that's not the case at all. I've run into many, MANY shitty switch boxes in my life. IMO, any that have the push button mechanism are crap, versus the boxes that detect signal and switch on their own.
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Funny, I've always been told that nearly any auto-switch are going to be crap, while the mechanical ones tend to be more reliable and degrade the signal less...
--- Quote from: Velmeran on March 27, 2012, 09:56:44 AM ---Best place for switches (in the US anyway) is monoprice.com
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That's the best place for anything ever.
Even their friggin' DRAWING TABLETS are insanely nice for the price they charge.
wiggy:
--- Quote from: Velmeran on March 27, 2012, 09:56:44 AM ---Best place for switches (in the US anyway) is monoprice.com
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For switches? They only carry digital signal switches, nothing analogue (at least I can't find anything analogue on the site).
--- Quote from: AppleQueso on March 27, 2012, 11:14:04 AM ---Funny, I've always been told that nearly any auto-switch are going to be crap, while the mechanical ones tend to be more reliable and degrade the signal less...
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Well, I'm going by my personal experience and not what someone else has told me.
Electronic switches don't rely on a contact surface that experiences wear/abrasion/friction over and over like a mechanical switch. I've had MANY mechanical switches dating back to the 80's which have eventually failed for one reason or another. I've had 2 electronic switches that never gave me a single issue. 1 I sold because I didn't (think) I needed it anymore, and the other has found a home in a close friend's house who has been using it for about 2 years without issue (after I owned and used it for about 2 years as well).
Zero moving parts = less likely-hood of breaking as far as I've experienced. This is also a big part of why my SNES that I bought in '91 still works, while I've had no less than 5 different PS1s, 3 Dreamcasts, 2PS2s, and 2 Xbox 360s.
AppleQueso:
But the SNES has a sliding power button, that's a moving part ;)
5 Ps1s? I can believe it. I've probably ran across more broken, worn out, or just plain not working as well as they should Ps1s than any other console ever.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: AppleQueso on March 27, 2012, 01:41:15 PM ---But the SNES has a sliding power button, that's a moving part ;)
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I was gonna say that but then realized he probably has a SNES for each game and keeps them running 24/7 (this also prevents wear on the cart connector).
He simply plugs in the console that the game he wants to play is in.
He probably dioes this with Wii too, as that's the most logical explanation of havihg 56 iof them. ;D