What do you do when you have more than one video playback machine, say, a Blu-ray and HD DVD player, and only one HDMI input on your HDTV? Or what if you want to run two players through a wireless HDMI system (maybe available a year from now)? First of all, lucky you on either count — you must have a terrific home entertainment system. But you're going to need a 2 to 1 HDMI switch such as this Evergreen EG-HDMI201.

We're especially fond of its relatively low price: $82 in a field where other switchers usually cost in excess of $200. Plus, it has a infrared remote that lets you switch between those sources without having to get up out of your seat. It's nice and small, too, so you can hide it away behind all your other components, and then there's a little extension infrared receiver that you can place out front that's hardly even noticeable.

Just program this baby into your universal remote, push one button and it changes from one source to another and you won't even know it's there. Problem solved. — Charlie White

Impress, via Engadget