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I'm not even sure multiple inputs are all that desirable at this point. Better to just get a nice AV receiver unit that can handle all that for you and has the

I'm not even sure multiple inputs are all that desirable at this point. Better to just get a nice AV receiver unit that can handle all that for you and has the interface stuff you want. Of course, the same argument applies to this as to the smart TV features— if the cost to include extra ports is small and many people still use them, it's easier for the manufacturer to just include them everywhere than maintain a product variant.

tzs 7y ago
> I'm not even sure multiple inputs are all that desirable at this point. Better to just get a nice AV receiver unit that can handle all that for you and has the interface stuff you want Multiple inputs on the TV can be nice for temporary things. Rather than keep my SNES Classic, NES Classic, and Switch all hooked up all the time, I'd rather keep them in a closet, and just plug then in when I actually want to play a game. My receiver inputs are in the back, and the receiver is on a shelf below the TV. It's a pain to get to them, requiring moving some stuff out of the way and sliding the stand out. The TV inputs are on the back of the TV but near the edge, and are pretty easy to get to without having to move anything. On the other hand, hooking things up to the receiver directly means no issues getting sound to work. For the longest time, I just could not get ARC to work to get sound from the TV to the receiver. Eventually, I noticed that the receiver manual specifically said that to use ARC the device had to be connected with a "Standard HDMI cable with Ethernet" or "High Speed HDMI cable with Ethernet". So I swapped out my regular HDMI cable for one "with Ethernet", and ARC immediately started working. This, of course, makes no sense whatsoever. To quote HDMI.org, the people that are in charge of HDMI, "All HDMI cables will support Audio Return Channel functionality when connected to Audio Return Channel-enabled devices. You can use your existing HDMI cables or choose a different cable type" [1]. If we were talking about eARC, this would make sense. eARC requires a "with Ethernet" cable to get the bandwidth it needs. But that's an HDMI 2.1 thing, released at the end of 2017. My receiver is from 2011, long before 2.1 was even on the horizon. (The TV is also too old for eARC). [1] https://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/arc.aspx https://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/arc.aspx
- mikepurvis 7y ago
  I just leave an extra HDMI cable loose in my cabinet— when I want to hook up a laptop or some other random thing, I plug it into that.

tzs 7y ago

> I'm not even sure multiple inputs are all that desirable at this point. Better to just get a nice AV receiver unit that can handle all that for you and has the interface stuff you want Multiple inputs on the TV can be nice for temporary things. Rather than keep my SNES Classic, NES Classic, and Switch all hooked up all the time, I'd rather keep them in a closet, and just plug then in when I actually want to play a game. My receiver inputs are in the back, and the receiver is on a shelf below the TV. It's a pain to get to them, requiring moving some stuff out of the way and sliding the stand out. The TV inputs are on the back of the TV but near the edge, and are pretty easy to get to without having to move anything. On the other hand, hooking things up to the receiver directly means no issues getting sound to work. For the longest time, I just could not get ARC to work to get sound from the TV to the receiver. Eventually, I noticed that the receiver manual specifically said that to use ARC the device had to be connected with a "Standard HDMI cable with Ethernet" or "High Speed HDMI cable with Ethernet". So I swapped out my regular HDMI cable for one "with Ethernet", and ARC immediately started working. This, of course, makes no sense whatsoever. To quote HDMI.org, the people that are in charge of HDMI, "All HDMI cables will support Audio Return Channel functionality when connected to Audio Return Channel-enabled devices. You can use your existing HDMI cables or choose a different cable type" [1]. If we were talking about eARC, this would make sense. eARC requires a "with Ethernet" cable to get the bandwidth it needs. But that's an HDMI 2.1 thing, released at the end of 2017. My receiver is from 2011, long before 2.1 was even on the horizon. (The TV is also too old for eARC). [1] https://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/arc.aspx https://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/arc.aspx

mikepurvis 7y ago
I just leave an extra HDMI cable loose in my cabinet— when I want to hook up a laptop or some other random thing, I plug it into that.