Product Review: PORTTA HDMI Switch 4K, HDMI Switcher 3 in 1 Out HDMI Splitter

 

This is a great option if your TV has limited HDMI ports, or if you do something like mount a TV on a wall, above a fireplace, and have a single HDMI cable running through the wall to get to the TV. You can use this to plug in three different devices, just plug the cable going to the TV on one side, and your three devices (such as a streaming box or stick, a blu-ray player, or a video game system) into the three ports on the other side. Then, you can switch easily between the three devices. The box can switch automatically between devices if the device you are currently watching totally powers off when you turn it off (like a blu-ray player will). However, if the device is always powered on, like a streaming stick, then it will always stay on that device unless you manually switch it, either via the remote or by pushing the button on the top of the box. It does have the ability to have a 5-volt power supply plugged into it, but it generally can be powered via the devices you plug into it.