Powered DVI switcher?

Kataklysmic

New Member
I have a question. I'm looking for a switch box so I can hook up both my PC and PS4 to the same monitor until I can buy a TV. I was looking at this switch from Monoprice: http://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011004&p_id=4069&seq=1&format=2

My question is...is there any reason it needs to be powered? I've seen a couple more around in Google searches that aren't powered, so I was wondering what the reason might be. It doesn't seem to say in the specifications on the page, and I couldn't imagine why it would need to be powered other than for the light indicators. Can anyone help with this?
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
What monitor do you have? Were you just going to HDMI->DVI the PS4?

I have the 8 port HDMI switch from Monoprice which seems to be the same type of unit, it has some additional logic on board for its integrated controller which requires power.
 

Kataklysmic

New Member
Yeah that's basically it. I have a run of the mill 22 inch Dell LCD monitor that has DVI and VGA output, and I have a cable for the PS4 to use which is HDMI-->DVI.
 
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