The smallest and worst HDMI display

Re:The smallest and worst HDMI display by tinus_hn on Thursday March 31, 2022 @03:29PM (#30871326)

What is the purpose anyway? Why would a device send a signal to turn on the tv through an HDMI connection, without tuning to that HDMI channel?

That seems to be the main use case, but instead the design forces every source to be a universal remote control.

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Re:The smallest and worst HDMI display by satori99 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @04:23PM (#30871811)

I use my chromecast to turn my TV on or off with voice commands, even when I just want to watch FTA channels.

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Re:The smallest and worst HDMI display by tinus_hn on Thursday March 31, 2022 @06:29PM (#30872935)

So you use your device as a universal remote control. That is not at all the common use case.

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Re:The smallest and worst HDMI display by satori99 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @07:18PM (#30873356)

I mostly use it so that a 'goodnight' voice command will turn off the TV, no matter what source is selected or what is playing.

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Re:The smallest and worst HDMI display by tinus_hn on Friday April 01, 2022 @07:28AM (#30877104)

So it doesn’t matter at all if the tv switches to a channel or not.

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