TV with built in HDMI Switching?

[Randomizer1234]

Yes mine does the following with one button.

TV On
AMP On
TV Input
Hue Sync box on
Hue lights on
Hue sync box HDMI X

Done.

It then does the reverse when turning off.

Have separate activities for my other devices and then a play music activity which turns the amp on, switches the input to 3.5mm so I can use the Chromecast audio

[Ordog]

Wow those remotes are expensive and you can do all that with standard stuff now.

I turn the power on with my Sky remote which in turn makes:

• The Sky box come on (sky feature)
• The TV come on (sky feature)
• My home theatre system comes on and sets to the correct channel (arc support on TV and theatre system)
• Switches the TV to the correct HDMI channel (tv feature)

Don’t need much more than that

If I want to control the lights, I just ask Google as you don’t always want lights on when you’re watching TV - especially if it’s a film.

[Revels]

@Ordog

I turn the power on with my Sky remote which in turn makes:

• The Sky box come on (sky feature)
• The TV come on (sky feature)
• My home theatre system comes on and sets to the correct channel (arc support on TV and theatre system)
• Switches the TV to the correct HDMI channel (tv feature)

Mine does this. I wasn’t sure if it was a Sky feature or not.

If I try and Chromecast something to the tv, it will switch channels for it but my xbox turning on doesn’t change the source.

[Ordog]

Yeah I think it’s a Sky thing. In your settings you can grant it HDMI control as well as you programming your remote to control the TV for volume and such with those numbers.

[Randomizer1234]

@Ordog

Wow those remotes are expensive and you can do all that with standard stuff now.

HDMI CEC only goes so far, the harmony means I control all the devices with one remote including an xbox which doesn’t support it, I can schedule things so come on at X time come off at x time (this is how I automatically download patches overnight, my xbox activity turns the console on pressing the xbox button, goes to settings and sets it back online. It then turns it off in the morning.

Going to be honest they are overkill but I will never not have one now. No more losing remote one remote for everything and the time and headaches it has saved have paid for itself.

[SebH]

@N26throwaway

With iOS, I can use Siri to do all this too thanks to shortcuts. I tell it to turn on the bedroom TV, which prompts Siri to power on the ATV, which in turn prompts the rest of my equipment thanks to HDMI CEC.

To be clear, you can do all of this with modern TVs that support HomeKit too. That way, you don’t need to have an Apple TV (unless you want one) and you are able to control the volume, etc on an iPhone.

[SebH]

Me too, we still have a plasma TV as our main one - it’s got 1080p and built-in Freeview HD, so even though it’s 10 years old it still does the job perfectly well and picture quality on HD content is excellent.

[Randomizer1234]

I’m amazed you care about the TV OS. All of them are universally awful.

The first thing I do on any smart tv is disable WiFi and ethernet. A 4K stick or apple TV are infinitely better

[Alexxxxx (>50 categories pls)]

Have seen you’re getting a new Xbox, so assuming you have a One already?

I use my Xbox as my TV hub basically, just wondering if you’ve ever tried that/are there any apps that are missing for you?