ATEN VE170 AV extender

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

The ATEN VE170 is one of those “it just works” AV extender boxes that’s genuinely useful in offices where you need a clean, reliable signal run without turning the install into a project. For the money (£173.86 ex-VAT), it’s solid if your use case is straightforward—think meeting rooms, training suites, reception screens—where you’ve got an AV source in one place and a display in another and you’d rather avoid messing about with long runs and flaky adapters. ATEN’s reputation here matters: these extenders tend to be predictable, and that’s what you’re paying for in a B2B setting.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you’re expecting it to behave like a long-distance “fix anything” solution. Extenders are happiest when your signal path is known and your expectations are realistic—resolution/format handling, device compatibility, and cabling quality all still matter. If you’ve got a complex AV setup (multiple formats/sources, frequent switching, mixed equipment brands), you’re better off speccing carefully or testing first, because integration pain costs more than this box. Overall: good value for a single, defined extension task in a meeting-room style environment.