Hello, and welcome to Show Me Cables. Today we’ll be taking a look at the difference between a switch and a splitter. When it comes to choosing a switch or splitter, you may not know which one you need. Well we here at Show Me Cables are here to help. For today’s example, we’re going to be using HDMI as our signal type. But these principals will apply to any switch or splitter you may need. Let’s start with an HDMI switch A switch is used when you have multiple source devices, like a blu ray player, cable box, or gaming system and want to run them into a single TV or monitor. All 3 devices will plug into the switch. Then a single cable can be run from the switch into the display. Allowing you to choose between which input you would like to see. Now let’s look at the splitter A splitter is used when you have one source device and you want to send your signal to multiple displays. So you would take a single cable from your source into the splitter. Then, you can run multiple cables from the splitter to all of your displays. So to recap: A switch is used when you want to share multiple devices on one display. A splitter is used when you want to send one signal to multiple displays. If you still have any questions, you can give our customer service department a call at 888-519-9505. For all of your cable and connector needs, choose Show Me Cables.