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I bought an IOGEAR GHDMIAS4 4 Port Automatic HDMI Switch on Newegg.com last week to connect my Playstation 3, Xbox360 and TiVo Series3 HD to my television. My 2005 TV has only one HDMI port.

I’ve been walking around to the back of the TV for over a year plugging and unplugging my three HDMI devices. I’ve been doing this because I’ve read review after review about a variety of HDMI switches that are not able to send a 1080 signal (whether 1080p or 1080i) to the TV from the Playstation 3.

After reading this Macworld review, I decided to give it a shot. With Newegg.com’s 30-return policy, I figured I had nothing to lose. I attached the HDMI switch to my devices. I’ve been fooling around w/ the switch for a while now, and I have to say I’m very pleased with it.

IOGEAR GHDMIAS4 4 Port Automatic HDMI Switch product page

Whew! Well, I just walked in the door to my house. After a long week of driving over 1300 miles and installing seven new routers on my network, I’ve finally made it back home.

Tuesday, I drove to Dallas. I installed a Cisco 2821 (using BGP redistributed into OSPF) with four T1s and a Cisco 2801 with a single T1 for internet access.

Wednesday, I drove to Houston. I installed a Cisco 2821 with two T1s and a Cisco 2801 with a single T1 for internet.

Thursday, I drove to New Orleans. I installed a Cisco 2821 with three T1s. Thursday night, I hung out over at a long-time friend’s house and drank a few Newcastles, and we ate at an awesome Mexican place called Juan’s Flying Burrito on Carrollton in Mid City. Good times, indeed. I love New Orleans.

Friday, I drove back to Jackson. I had to configure two Cisco switches for a project next week. I installed a 2801 router w/ two T1s for internet too. I also went to Ryan’s office for a short while this afternoon to fix some file permissions on a tikiwiki install he’s customizing for a client.

Wow! A full and busy week for me! I’m very glad to be home.
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