Would I be making a mistake buying a TV with just one HDMI connection? I plan on just having DirecTV in HD and a upconvert DVD player.
2007-02-22 04:59:51 · 7 answers · asked by homer simpson 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
You need at least 2 ports or you'll have to buy a switch.... I bought 1. difficult to find, but well worth it.
If I had my choice I'd make sure it had 3 or 4 ports!
dvd/bluray + computer + directv + comcast or extra computer or others!
You can never have too many ports! and the analog ports are for chumps!
2007-02-23 11:21:06 · answer #1 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two (perhaps three if you own or plan on purchasing a game console such as the PS3,) HDMI [1] inputs on a display would be ideal. An alternative, though not nearly as convenient or cost effective, is to purchase a fully compliant HDMI/HDCP switch such as the (Simplay HD Verified [2]) Radiient Select-4 Four-Input HDMI Switch/Repeater [3].
For upconverting DVD players you will gain very little by using an HDMI connection though it would help reduce the obsolescence factor and would provide much more convenience by using a single 'intelligent interface' technology.
2007-02-22 06:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well direcTV will take up one HDMI connection. If you don't have a second HDMI connection the upconverting DVD player can use component video instead.
However, if you plan on getting Blu-Ray or HD DVD you'll regret not having a second HDMI port.
2007-02-22 05:06:41 · answer #3 · answered by gkk_72 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The new cable boxes have HDMI connections on them, & so do the newer HD-DVD players, so that enables you to hook up one cable between the TV & the cable box& the HD-DVD to the TV using the other input.
2007-02-24 10:22:13 · answer #4 · answered by The Count 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make beneficial the turn on the cable is interior the final putting on your television. My wager is that it got here like my cable with HDTV and tv and became interior the television place. try switching it to the HDTV putting. Or in the experience that your cable got here interior the HDTV place try television.
2016-12-14 03:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your audio/video setup. If you have an audio/video receiver, then all of your components go into it, and then the receiver uses just the one connection on the TV. If you don't have an a/v receiver, and all components must connect directly to the TV, then you want more inputs.
2007-02-22 05:12:07 · answer #6 · answered by Steven D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You want two, one for your cable/ sat box and one for a DVD player
2007-02-22 05:03:24 · answer #7 · answered by Maximus_2007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋