If you are hunting for the best 4×2 HDMI matrix switch for gaming in , you already own enough HDMI gear to know that a regular switch does not cut it. A plain HDMI switch shares one TV between four consoles. A 4×2 HDMI matrix lets you send one console to the TV on Output … Read more
I ran a gaming room with five consoles for the better part of two years, and the day I added an HDMI switch with a remote, I stopped crawling behind the TV like a cave dweller. That little box changed how I played, and I have spent the last 90 days testing eight of the … Read more
If you own a PS5, Xbox Series X, or a high-end gaming PC, you’ve probably hit the same wall I did when I bought my first HDMI 2.1 TV. Two HDMI 2.1 ports just aren’t enough when you have a console, a PC, and a streaming box all wanting the full 48Gbps pipeline. That’s where … Read more
If your TV has only two or three HDMI ports and you own more than that many consoles, you already know the frustration. Unplugging a PS5 HDMI cable just to plug in the Xbox. Reaching behind the TV to swap sources when you want to switch from Nintendo Switch to a Sega Dreamcast scaler. We … Read more
Last year I upgraded to a PS5 and hit a wall that a lot of 4K gamers eventually run into: my older Yamaha receiver couldn’t pass 4K HDR. Buying a new HDMI 2.1 AVR would have cost me close to a grand. An HDMI audio extractor cost me around thirty dollars and solved the problem … Read more
I’ve spent the last three months running the best HDMI cables for gaming consoles through their paces on a PS5, Xbox Series X, and a beefy RTX 4090 PC. After burning through 200+ hours of 4K 120Hz gaming sessions, swap-outs across three TVs, and enough signal dropouts to make me twitch, I can tell you … Read more
I spent six weeks running cables through my own gaming room to find the best long HDMI cables for gaming rooms, and the results surprised me. Three of the eight cables I tested dropped signal entirely past 30 feet, while one fiber optic option delivered flawless 4K 120Hz from 50 feet away. A gaming room … Read more
I spent the last six weeks pushing eight HDMI 2.1 braided cables through real gaming sessions on a PS5, Xbox Series X, and a 4K 144Hz PC monitor. The goal was simple: figure out which best braided HDMI cables for gaming setups actually deliver the full 48Gbps bandwidth they promise without breaking the bank. Some … Read more
I’ve been testing HDMI cables for console shelves since my first entertainment center had zero cable management, and I’ve watched the technology evolve from basic 1080p cords to today’s 48Gbps HDMI 2.1 beasts. Our team spent 90 days measuring, routing, and stress-testing 8 short HDMI cables across 4K@120Hz gaming, eARC home theater setups, and even … Read more
Projector gaming changes everything about how you pick an HDMI cable. Most guides treat HDMI cables like a one-size-fits-all accessory, but a projector setup means long cable runs, ceiling-mount routing, and the constant pressure of signal degradation over distance. I have spent weeks testing cables across PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC gaming rigs projected … Read more