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minus-squareRedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·23 days ago Those of us who collect classic game consoles and computers (here’s looking at you, AI reporter Benj Edwards) know the difficulty of keeping all that hardware not just working but instantly accessible with a simple press of a power button. Meh, the answer is money. With money it’s easy.
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·23 days agoI mean with rf based consoles it’s easy to just put a bunch of T’s on the coax but HDMI would require a massive HDMI switcher.
minus-squareNight Monkey@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·23 days agoIf anybody is curious you can find a video of him showing what he uses
minus-squareeverett@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoYou could probably chain some smaller HDMI switches together. Not sure what the practical limit would be or when lag would get noticable, though.
Meh, the answer is money. With money it’s easy.
I mean with rf based consoles it’s easy to just put a bunch of T’s on the coax but HDMI would require a massive HDMI switcher.
If anybody is curious you can find a video of him showing what he uses
I’m interested
You could probably chain some smaller HDMI switches together. Not sure what the practical limit would be or when lag would get noticable, though.