I hate how TVs give you less features now instead of more

To be fair, I didn't buy the most expensive TV ever made. It is a $300 50 inch Vizio from Walmart. But in 2009, I bought a 42 inch Vizio from Walmart and it had 4 HDMI ports, a component slot and a composite slot. My new one gives me 3 HDMI ports, 0 components slots and 1 composite slot. So obviously the solution was "get a HDMI splitter" Well I have a total of 3 of them laying around now, and all of them give me no signal on my 2 PS4s and my Xbox 360. I've tried different cables, different slots, different splitters all with the same results. So I thought "maybe these cheap HDMI cords from Ebay are to blame" went and bought 3 new HDMI cables today, and it's the same exact thing. If i plug them directly into the TV they work, if I plug them into the splitter no signal. I just want my game systems all hooked up so I can play them. I realize I have more consoles than the average person, but I'm not the only person who needs more than 3 HDMI slots. It shouldn't be this difficult in 2020.

BTW another feature that was on my 2009 TV not on 2020 TV: Picture in Picture. To be honest this TV was $300 the one in 2009 was $700 so that's a big plus that they're cheaper. But they're also cutting corners. Is there still TVs out there giving you 4 HDMI slots, and component though? Even more expensive ones?
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It does, it comes with an adapter to plug in that gives it composite input.
 
Hmmm... perhaps it does, it would be one of those things I leave in the box because I don't think I need it and then forget about it.
 
@sarkwalvein IDK, do you want to be able to lift the TV? I wouldn't mind more durability, of course, but holy hell, do I not want to have to lift a CRT if I can avoid it as I'm not Stone Cold Steve Austin or The Governator himself!
 
No thank you, I am too old to lift a CRT my back would snap, but oh well... my TV is just 20Kg and I don't think making the frame more durable will add more than 5Kg to it.
 
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HDMI switch, not splitter. A splitter takes one signal and sends it to multiple displays.
You should get a powered HDMI switch, they are more reliable, or if one of the ones you have have a DC in, get a power adapter with the right specs for it. I have 2 unpowered ones, one of them barely works and the other (which is a known brand, Aten) worked fine, until I tried it with my Switch and it just didn't work at all.
4 HDMI slots and component are fairly common on more expensive TVs, although not a full component in, it usually uses a single 4-pole 3.5mm jack which you need an adapter for to break it out to 3x RCA jacks (usually comes in the box) for the video signal, while audio gets its own jacks.
My mom's TV (bought last year) has such a jack. It's a Philips that was worth around ~$900 new. My Samsung Q70R bought early this year only has HDMI, LAN, USB, and coax input for satellite and cable/antenna. No composite or component in sight. It does have 4 HDMI ports though. So I guess composite/component inputs are starting to go away completely.

I think they have realized no one uses composite in on modern TVs anyway because it looks like shit, the only people who still use composite in are people who play retro games, which people prefer to use a RetroTink/Framemeister/OSSC for anyway for better upscaling and lower latency, if they aren't just playing them on a CRT. The upscaling of analog signals on modern TVs has never been very good. So it kind of makes sense to omit that.
Not having component in kind of sucks for some people though, since the early Xbox 360s don't support HDMI, neither does the Wii, and if you don't have a Wii U component cables are still the best way to play Wii games apart from emulation.
 

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