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Anyone have a Pelican HD System Selector?

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I'm considering purchasing this, since it's only $20 from Walmart, and I'm on a tight budget. If you do have this, do you recommend it? I'm assuming there's at least a little bit of signal loss meaning a slightly suckier picture.. is it noticable?

Also, on the package, it says it includes all the necessary cables.. which I'm assuming means some component cables.. can they be used with the PS2 or just for DVD players and such?
 
Ive been using it for over a year now and have had no problems with it. I also have not noticed any signal loss at all (made sure, by switching connections back and forth a few times). It will work with any system, but you must supply the cable that connects to said system. They do supply the output component cables though, but they are crappy quality.
 
D-Back said:
Ive been using it for over a year now and have had no problems with it. I also have not noticed any signal loss at all (made sure, by switching connections back and forth a few times). It will work with any system, but you must supply the cable that connects to said system. They do supply the output component cables though, but they are crappy quality.
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Thanks for the info. It's greatly appreciated. :)
 
I have the Pelican HD Selctor Pro or whatever it is called. It is really good. I don't notice any signal loss at all and I'm switching between component input between my GC, Xbox, and PS2 as well as optical audio for the Xbox and PS2. The build quality of the thing is cheap but it works really well.

I have no idea what a 720p/1080i signal would be like moving through it though.
 
Minotauro said:
Where are you seeing this for $20? It's $75 on Wal-Mart's website...
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I believe you're thinking of the pelican hd system selector pro. The regular version doesn't have as many switches and doesn't support digital audio and ethernet.

To answer your question it should work fine. You can also use a normal manual composite switch to do the same thing if you only needed to worry about video. To hook up your component cable to a composite switch, just wire the Red cable to Red connector, Blue cable to Yellow connector and Green cable to White connector. As long as it's a good quality switch with good connectors and contacts, you are good to go (that's why the pelican non pro version is only $20).
 
Warm Machine said:
I have the Pelican HD Selctor Pro or whatever it is called. It is really good. I don't notice any signal loss at all and I'm switching between component input between my GC, Xbox, and PS2 as well as optical audio for the Xbox and PS2. The build quality of the thing is cheap but it works really well.

I have no idea what a 720p/1080i signal would be like moving through it though.
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I have that one also and it's great (I pretty much have it hooked up as you do). I've read that there are some bandwith problems when you send in a 720p/1080i signal and that the picture might suffer just a tad but I haven't tested out any games in that resolution yet to comment. This selector suffers that problem because it uses electronic switches instead of manual switches like the "non pro" version. I'll eventually move on to a better switch when 720p/1080i is more common in gaming and when the price on high quality switches go down a bit but for what I use it for now I'm very happy with it.
 
I originally purchased a Pro version from Game Crazy, cause I wanted to be able to switch my Xbox/GC/PS2/Home Theater easily. Ihad component wiring for all except me cable box as that connected to my Sammy via DVI. When I got home, I couldn't get a signal out of the unit. No image, no sound nothing. And a week after my purchase, I saw the System Selector HD units (the one in the thread topic) come out. I promptly returned my Pro.

Since then, I've purchased an optical audio selector from Radio Shack ($10 if you can find em) and haven't looked back. Haven't tried viewing a 720p or 1080i image yet, but otherwise, i've go 0 complaints about the unit. The only thing I don't think that I have done yet is send ethernet through the device.
 
I've had a System Selctor Pro for about 18 months now and I love it. Best $100 I've ever spent.

I have my Xbox, PS2 and HDTV cable running through it. There is no noticeable signal loss at all. I'm sure some ultra-HD geek with a flux spectromoter can probably find signal loss, but its not visible to my eyes.
 
I have the pro and love the damn thing, some sales shlub tried to tell me there's signal loss, and I told him I aint seeing it, and I've had lasik so my eyes are pretty damned good.
 
I wanted to get the Pro like a year ago.. but I really only use the XBox for component now, and my new tv will have dual components. The one I'm looking for will only have one HDMI though.. are we looking at HDMI selectors in a year for next generation consoles? If so, maybe I'll wait. Guess I could go for an optical switcher for the surround sound.
 
wobedraggled said:
I have the pro and love the damn thing, some sales shlub tried to tell me there's signal loss, and I told him I aint seeing it, and I've had lasik so my eyes are pretty damned good.
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I had to return two before getting one that worked.

As for signals above 480P, it's apparently quite brutal. I've been very happy with the 480P signal though.
 
I picked my System Selector Pro up at Gamestop- it's worked perfectly. According to what I've read, it is HD-compatible. I haven't been able to confirm the bandwidth on the component I/O's though. I know that quite a few people over at AVS Forum are using it with no complaints. I can verify having seen it project GT4 @1080i on a 8' wide screen; and it looked great to me.

BTW, here's a short review from our buds here at GAF:

review.pl
 
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