Need help with Home Theater/Gaming Setup/Console Setup pls help

[Jam1291]

Hi, I am trying to construct a home theater/Console/gaming setup. I am gonna buy a monitor and speakers. The problem is connecting the Console (PS2, Wii, and  2 Laptops). I am trying to connect all of these to one monitor and I don't know what to get to split and control the signals. I am fairly tech savvy but don't know a lot about monitor and console stuff. I need to know what ports my monitor should have, what extra stuff (output switcher, cables) and other stuff I need. I want to know what to buy and if its possible. The problem, to reiterate, is what I will need to connect all the stuff (PS2, Wii, and 2 Laptops) to monitor and switch between them freely. Feel free to ask for more details! Any help is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!!

[Enzo1001]

There are some monitors that have 4 in lets you have to google

 

[Enzo1001]

LG 43" UD79 for example

[BobVonBob]

An AV receiver might be a good choice, especially given you have some stuff with old outputs you need to connect. No monitor has composite connections nowadays.

[JZStudios]

Get an AVR. Way simpler than trying to deal with a bunch of extraneous cables and converters. If you only have the PS2 on composite and a Wii (They have HDMI right?) and some laptops to plug in, even a simple stereo AVR should have 4 HDMI connections and a composite.

[Jam1291]

Thanks guys!!!!

[Jam1291]

On 5/5/2020 at 9:27 PM, JZStudios said:

Get an AVR. Way simpler than trying to deal with a bunch of extraneous cables and converters. If you only have the PS2 on composite and a Wii (They have HDMI right?) and some laptops to plug in, even a simple stereo AVR should have 4 HDMI connections and a composite.

What about a KVM switcher??

[JZStudios]

9 minutes ago, Jam1291 said:

What about a KVM switcher??

I have no experience with them. But a ~$200 AVR new or used will give you access to better speakers and handle all of the inputs.

[Jam1291]

27 minutes ago, JZStudios said:

I have no experience with them. But a ~$200 AVR new or used will give you access to better speakers and handle all of the inputs.

Hey dont mean to make you write a long description, but what are the differeneces? Thanks so much in advance!!

[JZStudios]

1 hour ago, Jam1291 said:

Hey dont mean to make you write a long description, but what are the differeneces? Thanks so much in advance!!

I have no experience with them. Literally none. I couldn't tell you anything you couldn't find from Google. I just know that my buddy has a bunch of consoles hooked up to his AVR. I have the same model, but I primarily only use my PC and very occasionally a PS4. Personally I really like my Yamaha AVR. It has really good software in it and a bunch of really nice features. It also allows each input to be renamed or skipped, and you can set up "favorites" for quick switching and "scene" selections. He has a Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, his work laptop, PS2, PS1, and original Xbox hooked up to it and all he has to do is press a button on the remote. His limiting factor is that it only has 2 composite inputs, so he has one open to hot swap, but you don't need more than 1 composite input.

 

The only thing I vaguely know about KVM switchers is that they're intended to be used to sync a single mouse and keyboard to multiple computers, of which I don't think you need.

[Jam1291]

51 minutes ago, JZStudios said:

I have no experience with them. Literally none. I couldn't tell you anything you couldn't find from Google. I just know that my buddy has a bunch of consoles hooked up to his AVR. I have the same model, but I primarily only use my PC and very occasionally a PS4. Personally I really like my Yamaha AVR. It has really good software in it and a bunch of really nice features. It also allows each input to be renamed or skipped, and you can set up "favorites" for quick switching and "scene" selections. He has a Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4, his work laptop, PS2, PS1, and original Xbox hooked up to it and all he has to do is press a button on the remote. His limiting factor is that it only has 2 composite inputs, so he has one open to hot swap, but you don't need more than 1 composite input.

 

The only thing I vaguely know about KVM switchers is that they're intended to be used to sync a single mouse and keyboard to multiple computers, of which I don't think you need.

thanks! This clears some things up!

[Intergalacticbits]

18 hours ago, Jam1291 said:

thanks! This clears some things up!

Yup, my Sony AVR has an HDMI port labeled game in on it too.

I've not used it though because I haven't had a console in a while.

I wish they made an AVR with like 10 HDMI  in ports on it.  

That would make life easy. 

 

 

[circeseye]

4 minutes ago, Intergalacticbits said:

Yup, my Sony AVR has an HDMI port labeled game in on it too.

I've not used it though because I haven't had a console in a while.

I wish they made an AVR with like 10 HDMI  in ports on it.  

That would make life easy. 

 

 

theres some out there with crazy amount of hdmi ins...you just dont want to know how much they cost lol

[Intergalacticbits]

1 minute ago, circeseye said:

theres some out there with crazy amount of hdmi ins...you just dont want to know how much they cost lol

 

Oh I believe you.