I had been considering getting one of these for a while and seeing you guys talking about them sort of spurred my interest again. The biggest issue I was running into with my current setup was that I was running out of component inputs, and I've been getting more and more of my systems running through component lately. So I finally decided to pull the trigger and pick this up.
It's a 16 in and 8 out Extron matrix switcher. At the moment, I will only be using 15 of the inputs and 4 of the outputs so I will have some room for expansion.
Not pictured are all of the phoenix connectors (20 out of the 24 that it can use). That was part of the reason why I was so excited to get this unit. Not only did it have 16 inputs, but it included the phoenix connectors which can be pretty expensive to buy separate. They weren't in this picture because I was in the process of wiring the RCA connectors into them. In addition to this, I also ordered plenty of BNC to RCA connectors and lots of extra RCA Y-adapters which I'm cutting up into my phoenix splices. This thing works with composite, s-video and component which means it will take anything I can throw at it besides my HDMI systems which I'm handling in a different way. I was able to get about 9 systems hooked up last night and so far everything is working. Fingers crossed that the rest of the connections work.
Wiggy or anyone who is using this, how did you print out your labels for the switches? I was planning on making something in Photoshop, but if someone has one already that I can use as a template, you will save me a lot of time. I'm planning on using images of the systems rather than the actual names, but I'm mainly looking for a template that is already the correct size.
My old switchers may be for sale soon, but that isn't decided yet.
