LPT: Instead of wearing out a HDMI port on an expensive item.

Submitted by Alarmed_Penalty4998 t3_11zuk39 in LifeProTips

Get a small HDMI male to female adapter .3m- .5m or 1/2ft - 1ft depending on location. This will save you from wearing out an expensive items HDMI port as you can keep the adapter semi permanently installed. If you need to move the expensive item you can then keep the adapter in place.

I will stress do not purchase the silly little adapters that don’t have a length to it as these when you go to pull a cable out to move your expensive item can cause movement on the port.

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doctorhino t1_jde83bt wrote

Make sure it's rated for the type of HDMI you need. 4K 60hz needs an HDMI 2.1 type adapter.

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[deleted] t1_jdei33x wrote

Well, I guess it's time for me to finally upgrade from my trusty VCR with the 3-pronged AV cables.

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uphill-bothways t1_jdefl2y wrote

Aren't TVs made to be replaced every few years now? (It's been 15-16 yrs since I replaced mine, but I've been looking. They're crazy cheap now, but I can't imagine they outlast their HDMI ports.)

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Alarmed_Penalty4998 OP t1_jdeh9b8 wrote

It’s mainly for the current gen consoles that they cheaped out on making quality hdmi ports for since they break all the time.

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Ranokae t1_jdycegg wrote

>every few years

Fuck that. I'll buy a commercial display and use it until it dies.

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Lunavixen15 t1_jdg4s67 wrote

How do you break a HDMI port? I've literally never seen that happen outside of a kid trying to jam something else into the port

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[deleted] t1_jdgfjfu wrote

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Lunavixen15 t1_jdginua wrote

I've literally never had it happen to a port other than the power charge port in my PSP, which was dicky when I got it, and a piece of paper in between the battery and the port fixed that

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