Joytech AV Control Centre £32.99 in GamePlay Payday Sale

[VurtHed]

RRP seems to be ~£45.

Available in silver (http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=AC5512) or black (http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/productpage.asp?productcode=AC5510).

Basically a 4 input AV switchbox (video: SCART/S-video/composite; audio: digital optical/stereo) with remote control.

The AV Control Center offers:

Up to 4 pieces of AV equipment can be connected without having to disconnect and re-connect every time.

4 fully wired RGB SCART inputs

4 Digital Optical inputs

4 S-Video inputs

4 Composite Video and Stereo Audio inputs and one matched output.

Master Out of RGB SCART, S-Video, Optical and Phono (RCA)

Remote controller unit with operational distance of 10 Metres.

Solid metal casing for enhanced electrical interference screening

Stylish design to blend in with your existing AV equipment

Suitable for DVD & video players, satellite & cable boxes, PS2, Xbox, Cube, Saturn, PSone, etc..... basically anyting with an AV out

JOYTECH's Signal Regulator Technology - assures that picture and sound quality from all AV sources remain pin sharp and ultra stable, whilst the simple input channel selector allows you to page through and select the AV source you require.

IMPORTANT INFO:
Each Input connection will only correspond to the matching output connection. For example a SCART cable attached to input 1 will output the identical SCART signal from the output SCART connection and can not be displayed via the S-Video, composite video or audio connections.

[ethanol]

are these any good?

I was thinking that I've run out of Scart sockets on my TV and to start with only 1 of the 3 are RGB. Could use this to sort that problem out!!

Need Scarts for :
- TiVo
- Sky+
- DVD Player
- Video
- MediaMVP

Would still probably feed all Audio directly to the Amp and switch there the sound output.

Are these available elsewhere aswell - is this a good price?

[movaado]

Its certainly a good price, cheapest I've seen around is £40+p&p

I've read that they are quite good and that the quality of the signal isn't affected

I am tempted ;)

[VurtHed]

are these any good?

I was thinking that I've run out of Scart sockets on my TV and to start with only 1 of the 3 are RGB. Could use this to sort that problem out!!

Need Scarts for :
- TiVo
- Sky+
- DVD Player
- Video
- MediaMVP

Would still probably feed all Audio directly to the Amp and switch there the sound output.

Are these available elsewhere aswell - is this a good price?They seem to get good reviews - there's a few people here (http://www.avforums.com/frame.html?http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123654&page=1) (AVForums) who like em (they also discuss other SCART switching options. See Post #5 for a handy list of some).

Sounds like all you need is a SCART switch block. You can get ones with switches and ones that autosense which input is sending data. Finding one with 5 or more inputs may be hard.

Ask on the Home Entertainment Hardware Forum here too.

[EDDIEBATES]

Argos do one that has 5 inputs for £20 but its a manual push buton job,i have one in my little girls room that has a dvd,gamecube,dreamcast+freeview linked up and it works fine.

[bigjonnyauk]

i have been seriously looking into getting one of these

but there is also a thread over at av forums where this has some real probs

on some it keeps switching between widescreen and 4:3 then turning off and on

so basically unwatchable

[Lagerlout]

Looks interesting! May have to get one, any idea how long this is on offer for?

[bigjonnyauk]

are gameplay in anyway related to game i have a game in town and was wondering if to go and pick it up and try it or are they different


ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION

dont be fooled by the picture apparentley this thing is huge easily as big as a dvd player

[VurtHed]

are gameplay in anyway related to game i have a game in town and was wondering if to go and pick it up and try it or are they differentDifferent companies.

[chrisjm]

v. pleased with mine. set it up with my remote to do a macro so no manual switching :) just need more optical cables to take full advantage of it

[kat23]

i have been seriously looking into getting one of these

but there is also a thread over at av forums where this has some real probs

on some it keeps switching between widescreen and 4:3 then turning off and on

so basically unwatchable

Just looked at that thread too. Shame as was just about to order one. :(

[Bill Carr]

You can get autoswitching RGB scart boxes on ebay for about a fiver (5 sockets) or less (2-3 sockets). I bought one recently and it was delivered in a day, and works brilliantly. I'd post the guys ebay id but I'm not sure if that would be allowed or not?

[movaado]

I'd post the guys ebay id but I'm not sure if that would be allowed or not?

I'd imagine its fine as you're not the seller and you're not linking to an auction anyway. I'd certainly like to know the sellers id ;)

[ethanol]

You can get autoswitching RGB scart boxes on ebay for about a fiver (5 sockets) or less (2-3 sockets). I bought one recently and it was delivered in a day, and works brilliantly. I'd post the guys ebay id but I'm not sure if that would be allowed or not?

Are all of the input sockets RGB? Just had a quick look on eBay and couldn't see any.

[ethanol]

Wemt for one of these from gameplay - ordered saturday afternoon and paid 2nd class postage - arrived this morning.

Not had a chance to cable things in yet - need to wait for some good scart cables and am likely to get a pinnacle showcenter so am waiting to do it all at once.

cheers to OP.

[t@xman]

The BIG plus point on this for me is the fact that it does multiple optical in! Great if you've got an Xbox, PS2, GC, DVD player and Freeview but only have 2 inputs on your amp!

[movaado]

Agggh, I knew there was something I had to do at the weekend and ordering this thing was it. Gone back upto full price now :(

[bob_bob]

I got one of these about 3mths ago, think it was 29.99 back then so it may come back down.