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Recently (last few months) I've been testing HD Fury VRRoom, and am happy with it, as it allows switching instantly regardless of monitor, by having negotiation
by Terretta 4y ago
Recently (last few months) I've been testing HD Fury VRRoom, and am happy with it, as it allows switching instantly regardless of monitor, by having negotiation already set up:
https://hdfury.com/product/8k-vrroom-40gbps/ https://hdfury.com/product/8k-vrroom-40gbps/
It maintains a live connection to each of 4 x HDMI inputs, 2 x HDMI outputs (mirrored or matrixed), and 1 x eARC audio output, and can switch between them "instantly" as you ask. You can switch with a button at your desk, or via API.
I selected this model because it supports (a) up to 8K and we use 5K monitors, both full 5K and ultrawide 5K, and (b) variable refresh rate (VRR) at 4K@120hz for gaming.
In a teleconference room with e.g. a big on the wall and a small screen on the table showing same or different sources, this lets you have multiple input sources (e.g., teleconf system, laptop, game system, and OTT TV source) that 'just work' without users having to know how to make it work.
The feature list for video includes:
- Unlock true VRR/FRL on Samsung Q90/QN900/QN95 and similar models
- Up to 8K60 444/RGB 12-bit via DSC at 96Gbps
- World First 40Gbps Upscaler, Splitter, Switcher with full audio extraction for VRR and any signals
- Play Xbox 1X games at 4K120 Dolby Vision on LG C9, BX & SONY HDMI 2.1 TV
- Work from ANY HDMI source to ANY HDMI, ARC or eARC sound system
- HDMI 2.1 Full Audio/Video passthrough up to FRL5: 40Gbps/1200MHz
- Upscale FRL5 and ANY signals 2K>4K, 4K>8K and 2K>8K up to 120Hz (no upscale for VRR/1080i/720p/480i-p)
- Downscale ANY FRL0/TMDS signals 8K>4K, 4K>2K or 8K>2K up to 120Hz (no downscale for FRL5/VRR tbd)
- Add or remove any input from the CEC network at any time via webserver, APP, IR/IP or RS232
And for audio, it solves getting eARC signal to amps or soundbars that can support Atmos when the monitor or TV doesn't support it:
- Full Audio from ANY HDMI source (including VRR signal) to ANY HDMI, ARC or eARC sound system
- Full Audio up to Atmos/TrueHD from any HDMI source to SONOS Arc/Beam2 or any eARC sound system
- Solve SONOS Arc/Beam2 + other lip sync issue when using external HDMI sources connected to eARC TV
If you get one and find yourself needing support, join their Discord server.
- js2 4y agoHD Fury is also well known among home theater enthusiasts and they make some really amazing devices. They’ll also add new features based on fairly niche demand. For example they allow LLDV to be used with projectors that don’t natively support it (JVC, Epson) including sending serial commands to the projector to change its video mode when HD Fury device detects an HDR signal. Anyway, pretty amazing if niche devices with fantastic customer support and willingness to add functionally for relatively small numbers of users.
- koheripbal 4y agoI just bought this and the switching is anything but instant. It still negotiates for a at least a second or 2.
- magixx 4y agoGiven the $550 price of these, did you ever get to trail one of the cheaper ~$100 options for an 8k 4x2 matrix switcher? I had been looking at one so that I can retain HDR with windows when duplicating displays and the cheaper ones seem to provide similar functionality.
- cptcobalt 4y agoDang, this seems like it might actually resolve some of my HDMI issues for my gaming computer display output. I tend to play games with my projector on mirroring computer output (for things like watching people play VR games socially), and I use a "cheaper" HDMI switcher for the projector to achieve this (it's one of the better ones you can buy in Amazon)—but this breaks the 4K60 HDR output for some games if I'm mirroring displays. This might switcher might be fully featured enough that my computer won't balk at it.