I hesitated between a switch 2 ports or 4 ports / A switch to connect to power, with remote or automatic switch. Finally I took it and it works nickel. I hooked over my HDMI multimedia external hard drive and my C + decoder HDMI, everything works. The children quickly Pigés operation A switch on the sector: even the conso electric ... not good for the planet :-) an auto switch: reviews were not that great. A good old manual switch, there's nothing better! and for cheap! :-) I advice you A + GP