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The Hidden Costs of Cheap IT Support
11 Mar, 2026





£313.72 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
The ATEN VE44PB is one of those “quietly useful” extenders that earns its keep when you need a reliable link across a room rather than messing about with flaky Wi‑Fi or expensive overkill. For most UK office/meeting-room setups, the big win is simplicity: pair it up, run your signal where you need it, and you’re usually done. If you’ve got a boardroom with a projector/TV that’s annoyingly far from your control equipment, or you’re creating a repeatable AV layout for clients, this is the kind of accessory that saves time and reduces “why is it dropping again?” headaches.
That said, £261.30 ex‑VAT isn’t pocket change for a collaboration accessory, so I wouldn’t buy it unless you actually have a physical distance/installation constraint it’s designed to solve. If your use case is just “we need a quick display in the same room,” you’ll almost certainly be better spending less on a more flexible solution. It’s best suited to IT/AV teams and resellers who support fixed meeting spaces and want a dependable, repeatable extension method—less so for environments that change layout weekly or where you need maximum flexibility over messy networking.

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