Sima SVS-14 4 Input Manual A/V Selector : Reviews, Cheap, Discount Tv Television

Average Rating: 5.00 out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Excellent Product!
Grab this puppy while you can - it's does what it does well for a great price. I have it setup with my DVD player, VCR and SVIDEO out on my Prolink FX5200 Ultra nvidia card and it works like a charm! Not only can you watch your DVD's on your home DVD player, but you can also play them back through your computer if your video card has SVIDEO out - heck playback anything you want from your computer - great product - you could even rip your videos and compress them to have your whole video library on your HD - remove the clutter and have your own video on demand setup on your PC. You can either get the Remote Control ATI All in one Wonder video card, or like myself, get a remote mouse and keyboard for control over the PC while you watch it on the TV.

It's also self-powered, so you won't have the added cost of using power to get this working. The workmanship is done well - a solid product in design.

My setup:
Recoton 25 FT SVIDEO out from Prolink FX5200 Ultra to SIMA
Sound Blaster Audigy line out to Yamaha Reciever (I connect to the reciever because the line out to the reciever allows me to playback stuff on the home stereo as well as the TV.)

Panasonic DVD to SIMA

Sony VCR to SIMA.

As for video quality, the Recoton 25FT gold tipped SVIDEO cable works great - I don't understand the hoopla over the $79 monster cable vs. the $12.00 Recoton cable. Stick with the Recoton for value/performance. Just DONT forget to buy an EXTRA SVIDEO/RCA OUT connector like I did or you'll find yourself all setup but not able to connect the SIMA out to the TV!

FYI: Keep in mind that video quality of general pc output (like using applications, looking at windows) will not be sharp on the TV since it was not designed for playback on the TV - so you'll lose sharpness. However DVD video looks just as good on the TV as it does directly from the DVD player.