It's about time TV manufacturers realised we need more than 3 HDMI ports.

[anon_opin@mastodon.social]

It's about time TV manufacturers realised we need more than 3 HDMI ports. 7 or 8 would be my ideal number.

[shodan@mas.to]

@anon_opin This is probably the most Mastodon reply imaginable to this but the reason they probably don't is the licensing fees associated with HDMI. Even then I'd want one of the expanded ports to be DisplayPort.

[sbszine@dice.camp]

@anon_opin I think they are reasonably expecting you will own an AVR if you need eight inputs.

[dingens@troet.cafe]

@anon_opin serious question (I don't own a TV)—What for?

[chrisp@cyberplace.social]

@SHODAN @anon_opin Yes! DisplayPort. I have to convert DisplayPort to HDMI from my PC to clone to my TV.

[chrisp@cyberplace.social]

@anon_opin They may be trying to tell us that we have too many devices.

[kdelta@privacysafe.social]

@anon_opin My TV has three and I literally use one. What on Earth are you connecting!?

[lunarloony@dosgame.club]

@kDelta @anon_opin In my case: sound bar, Roku, blu-ray player, Switch. (Which is actually quite conservative for me...)
For the latter two, we had to get a HDMI switcher.

[kdelta@privacysafe.social]

@lunarloony @anon_opin Ahh makes sense. My Apple TV connects via my soundbar. I didn’t count it but I do have a Raspberry Pi connected too, but it’s rarely used with display required and I have other places I’d put it if I really needed it.

[jamminjerry@mastodon.stickbear.me]

@anon_opin some tv's yuou don't even get three. try you only get two, which I think is extremely stupid!