Electronics

[gardenman]

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@CalminHeart wrote:

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@Mz iMac wrote:

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My brother came over to help me yesterday. I have 1 HDMI port and DirecTV is plugged into it.  I have just the one HDMI and one USB port. 

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If you do a search for "HDMI switch" you'll find a number of options to multiply that one HDMI port into three or more starting at around $10. You'll simply unplug the DirecTV HDMI cable and plug it into one of the outlets on the switch and plug the Roku into one of the other outlets and then plug the switch into your TV's HDMI port. Easy-peasy and you'll have one or more spare HDMI ports should you want to add something else later. It's just like plugging two lights into an extension cord. 

[SilleeMee]

@gardenman 

Do you mean 'splitter' not 'switch'. A switch would require changing  to the appropriate devices by switching to them using a HDMI switch. In other words you wouldn't be able to use two devices at the same time if those two were plugged in to the same HDMI switch.

[gardenman]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

@gardenman 

Do you mean 'splitter' not 'switch'. A switch would require changing  to the appropriate devices by switching to them using a HDMI switch. In other words you wouldn't be able to use two devices at the same time if those two were plugged in to the same HDMI switch.

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No. I mean an HDMI switch. How exactly would you expect someone to use both DirecTV and Roku at the same time on the same TV? You would only be using one at a time so an HDMI switch is perfect for that use. They're cheap (often under $10) and readily available. They convert one HDMI input into three or more. It's what they're made to do. You can't really use two HDMI devices on the same TV at the same time (except in weird picture-in-picture setups where each picture could use a different input) and even then each HDMI input would require a different jack. HDMI splitters are more designed to send one HDMI output to two different devices not two outputs into one device. For that, you need an HDMI switch.

[Mz iMac]

@CalminHeartGardenman is correct.  You need an HDMI switch.  I have one for the tv in my bedroom. 

I purchased mine from Amazon $8.

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