• ApexHunter@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Jokes on you – I’m still using the last TV I bought in 2005. It has 2 HDMI ports and supports 1080i!

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      9 months ago

      I miss this the most, older tv models would have like over 30 ports to connect anything you wanted. All newer models just have like 1 HDMI connection if even.

      To add these older screens last. New stuff just dies after a few years, or gets killed with a firmware upgrade.

      PSA: Don’t connect your “smart” appliances to the internet fokes.

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        9 months ago

        We had an older Hitachi tv with 4 HDMI plus component plus RCA input and 4 different options for audio input.

        New Samsung TV. 2 HDMI, that’s it. One is ARC which is the only audio interface besides TOSLINK so really theres effectively 1 HDMI to use.

        But of course all the lovely spyware smart features more than make up for it.

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        9 months ago

        Is that a joke? My old TV has 3 and that’s the only reason I can still use it. 2 of them broke over the years.

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          9 months ago

          Depends on the TV.

          Many older mid to high end models had 4+ ports and it sucks you can rarely find a new one with 4 anymore.

          My circa 2008 Sony Bravia has 6 HDMI ports that all still work.

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        9 months ago

        I was curious I so went and browsed some budget TVs on Walmart’s website. Even the no-name budget ones all had 3 HDMI. Maybe if it’s meant to be a monitor instead of a living room TV but I just looked at living room style TVs.

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        9 months ago

        i feel like the only way youd get one with a single HDMI port are like models that were built specifically for black friday (to maximize profit, by cuting out features)