Engadget HD giveaway: win a 5x1 HDMI switch and long HDMI cables!

The recession antidote giveaways over at Engadget Classic have been a huge hit, and nothing could make us happier -- except a special set of giveaways just for HD readers, of course! We're sure AV gear is one of the first things to get trimmed from the household budget, but we want to make sure our readers aren't totally cut off. Luckily, the good folks at Next Generation Home Products sent us a raft of HD-centric goodies. This week, we're handing out stuff for those with gear separated by less than a stone's throw but more than an arm's length. We've got two bundles, each with a 5x1 HDMI switch with remote control and a HDMI EQ extender. To cover those long run lengths between components, one winner will get a 15-m HDMI cable, the other will get a 10-m length. Just in case you want to run that cable through your walls, we'll throw in two double HDMI wall plates in each bundle as well. Whether you've got a projector up in the ceiling or a noisy Xbox 360 in a closet, this giveaway is the one for you, so check the rules below and start commenting!

Special thanks to Next Generation Home Products for providing the gear!

The rules:

• Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for "fixing" the world economy, that'd be sweet too.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once.
  If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you'll be fine.
  
• Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don't make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
  
• Winner will be chosen randomly. One winner will receive one (1) 5x1 HDMI switch, one (1) HDMI EQ extender, one (1) 1-m HDMI bulk cable, two (2) HDMI double wall plates and one (1) 15-m HDMI bulk cable; approximate retail value is $456. One winner will receive one (1) 5x1 HDMI switch, one (1) HDMI EQ extender, one (1) 1-m HDMI bulk cable, two (2) HDMI double wall plates and one (1) 10-m HDMI bulk cable; approximate retail value is $431.
• If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
• Entries can be submitted until Wednesday, April 29th, 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
• Full rules can be found here.

[vyao Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:02PM]

Wow....

[lamchops25 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:11PM]

please please please

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:19PM]

what to do with that, what to do..

[shaler Posted Apr 22nd 2009 3:26PM]

This would be perfect for putting my 50" plasma in the shower

[Protaginets Posted Apr 22nd 2009 7:27PM]

In like flynn..

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 7:48PM]

Nice

[simbadogg Posted Apr 22nd 2009 9:33PM]

gimme

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 12:07AM]

Come on, I never win anything.

[ceo2be Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:56AM]

Me want!

[aflat Posted Apr 23rd 2009 10:53AM]

I'll take 2! Or whatever you have!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 10:39AM]

Wow, Wow.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 2:13PM]

Please please please.... this is like the best thing you have ever given away.


P.s. to fix the economy stop forcing me to buy light bulbs that cause more polution than the normal ones.

We ship these mercury filled bulbs in via shipping containers from china. The compact lights are not made in the USA yet, when we do that I will buy them. Until then I will sit in the dark.

[el Capitan Posted Apr 23rd 2009 4:33PM]

yes!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2009 2:12PM]

Big money big moeny. No wammy no wammy..... STOP!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:03PM]

first

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:03PM]

ok with me

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:03PM]

Hummina hummina

[isyoox Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:04PM]

Nice.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:05PM]

Yes!!! Have some!!!

[tadpole Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:05PM]

I want my MTV

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:06PM]

pick me!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:18PM]

YEAH please

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:07PM]

Schweet! Lower Taxes and let the Banks burn!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:06PM]

Yes! long live Engadget HD!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:07PM]

I don't know about fixing the world economy, but I vote for legalizing most drugs, prostitution, and gabling - that would be a good start to getting rid or organized (and violent crime) and reducing the waisted $$ government spends trying to control peoples bad habits.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:07PM]

Nice!

[pika2000 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:07PM]

Yay, joined in.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:08PM]

Who me?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:16PM]

woot

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:09PM]

I so need this.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:09PM]

Sweet offer!

[erock47 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:09PM]

Please!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:10PM]

Just in time to wire up my new home theater!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:19PM]

don't need it but i doubt that can hurt my chances. Sorry to be greedy but we're all in a recession, right?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:11PM]

i have to switch mine around all the time (i only have one cable) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!

im not smart enough to fix the economy :(

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:11PM]

I could realy use this!

[ArhcAngel Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:12PM]

What? no Remote Extender?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:14PM]

I'll take it!

[mickerlodeon Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:15PM]

I need HDMI

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:15PM]

I'm Idaho.

[sandalsocks Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:15PM]

crossing the fingers

[codered23 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:15PM]

switch it on!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:16PM]

Well I'd like to leave my solution for "fixing" the world economy problem. Let's find that pin hole "reset" button (probably in the center of Antartica), stretch out that paperclip and press that button. Let's reset this economy back to factory default. lol.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:16PM]

economy cannot be fixed. we are all doomed

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:17PM]

I'm in...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:18PM]

cable ties

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:17PM]

HDMI is longness

[yams2007 Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:17PM]

woot!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:41PM]

whats the use? i will never win

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 22nd 2009 2:18PM]

Comment!