Not enough HDMI ports

[breamster]

OK, I'm not sure who is the bigger idiot here, the person who designed the new TV to only have 2 HDMI ports or me that actually bought it? Don't answer that.

Can anyone recommend a good HDMI switch box? Do the auto-switching functions ever reliably work? I have technophobes in the house so I want avoid another remote or extra buttons if I can.

[sociopath]

Auto switching - guaranteed to either not work when you want it, work when you don't want it, or randomly post pop-up dialogues in your tv.

[breamster]

sociopath said:

Auto switching - guaranteed to either not work when you want it, work when you don't want it, or randomly post pop-up dialogues in your tv.

Great answer. Thanks - I suspected as much.

[Neddy Sea Goon]

Just buy a surround sound system, my receiver amp has 5 inputs, the output connects to a single input on the tv

[probedb]

Well you knew how many inputs it had when you bought it :P

What are your requirements? Think about the future as well. I've always had an AVR so never had issues. You could always buy a manual switching box? Alternatives would be a sound bar with a decent number if inputs, or use it as an excuse to get a new TV

[breamster]

probedb said:

Well you knew how many inputs it had when you bought it :P

What are your requirements? Think about the future as well. I've always had an AVR so never had issues. You could always buy a manual switching box? Alternatives would be a sound bar with a decent number if inputs, or use it as an excuse to get a new TV

TV is a few months old. It has 2 HDMI ports and I needed 2 when I bought it....then I bought an Xbox.

Classic PH, I started out looking at a cheapy HDMI switch for £20-30 and I've just spent the last 30mins browsing £300-400 soundbars! A little bit of scope creep.

[LankyMcTally]

Could you try using the HDMI passthrough on the Xbox to save you from having to buy anything else?

[shtu]

These are dirt-cheap and work well. Plug your devices in in the most likely priority and it'll switch as devices are powered on.

No audio\video quality issues I've ever seen, and I actually now use a couple as switches for a couple of computer monitors, as they're far cheaper than a multi-monitor KVM.

https://www.betron.co.uk/accessories/audio-video/b...

[breamster]

LankyMcTally said:

Could you try using the HDMI passthrough on the Xbox to save you from having to buy anything else?

Hdmi passthrough was discontinued in the Xbox series s! Thanks anyway.

[breamster]

shtu said:

These are dirt-cheap and work well. Plug your devices in in the most likely priority and it'll switch as devices are powered on.

No audio\video quality issues I've ever seen, and I actually now use a couple as switches for a couple of computer monitors, as they're far cheaper than a multi-monitor KVM.

https://www.betron.co.uk/accessories/audio-video/b...

Ordered. Thanks.

Still looking for a bargain soundbar though.

[alorotom]

A soundbar won’t work though.

They’re normally device - tv - soundbar (or all the ones I’ve had are)

If you do find one that is device - soundbar - tv (and that has more than 2 hdmi inputs) please share!

[journeymanpro]

alorotom said:

A soundbar won’t work though.

They’re normally device - tv - soundbar (or all the ones I’ve had are)

If you do find one that is device - soundbar - tv (and that has more than 2 hdmi inputs) please share!

My yamaha ysp3300 has 4 hdmi in with an out to the TV.

[alorotom]

journeymanpro said:

My yamaha ysp3300 has 4 hdmi in with an out to the TV.

Top advice ... looks like they’ve continued the setup with the newer 5600 too!

Cheers!