So one of my three year old kids smashed my 65" LED flatscreen with a die-cast model of the Atlantis shuttle. I was fine with this and was not planning on buying a replacement in any haste but my wife keeps complaining. Would prefer at least 65"+ and absolutely not a smart tv. What suggestions do you have, companies to avoid, etc. Help me SN, you are probably my only hope of not just buying another spysung.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @10:29PM (1 child)
The HDMI cable specs have essentially never changed since the first version. However, the ARC and HEC (ethernet) features make use of a pin that was previously unused before HDMI 1.4, so it's possible some non-compliant cable assemblies could have left that pin disconnected and most people wouldn't have noticed.
I've never even seen a device that supports HEC anyway, and both ends would have to implement it for it to work...
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Sunday January 21 2018, @05:58AM
Thanks -- that's pretty gross - ethernet over video cable is certainly not designed for helping people even if it may have some marginally useful side cases.