[Shop-talk] cable

[John Miller]

On 12/27/2021 2:51 PM, Ronnie Day wrote:
> One A/V trend I've noticed  in the past few years that I don't care for 
> is that the TV and accessories manufacturers are cutting back on 
> the number and type of inputs and outputs on TVs especially. At least on 
> the budget models. Last year I bought a couple Samsung 4K TVs and they 
> only have two HDMI inputs. I guess they do it to save money.

Either:

a) They assume you have a device in front of the TV that's doing all the 
switching, or

b) they're paying some entity a license fee per port.

John.