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HDMI will share its connection through the cable as well. So if you want to use a Chromecast or a BluRay player, etc, then your TV can get internet through that
by Buttons840 7y ago
HDMI will share its connection through the cable as well. So if you want to use a Chromecast or a BluRay player, etc, then your TV can get internet through that.
- dwighttk 7y agoIf you’re using a chromecast and also trying to keep your tv from phoning home what are you even doing? I mean I guess one fewer place having your info is good, but...
- koolba 7y agoVLC supports casting to a local network Chromecast. It works fantastic.
- generatorguy 7y agoAnd Plex!
- input_sh 7y agoThere's also Cast All The Things (catt)[0], which makes any of the hundreds of websites supported by youtube-dl[1] cast-able. [0] https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt/ https://github.com/skorokithakis/catt/ [1] https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html
- zeta0134 7y agoI hear this speculated a lot; is there any proof of this being done in the wild? Not trying to discredit, I think it's perfectly plausible, I'm just curious if any companies have been caught doing it
- dreamcompiler 7y agoApparently we now need HDMI condoms. Do such things exist?
- moepstar 7y agoMost probably there will be a market for HDMI cables with Ethernet specifically disabled - so, IMHO, there'll be sellers for it :)
- unwiredben 7y agoPretty useless. The number of devices that actually use Ethernet over HDMI is appromiately zero.
- voltagex_ 7y agoCan you please point to any consumer product that has implemented the Ethernet channel of HDMI?