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Old 02-10-2016, 10:55
onelegpeg
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I have an older TV which only has one HDMI port but have a fire stick and sky TV which both connect via an HDMI port. Does anybody know if there is anything I can buy so I can connect both devices through the one HDMI and would that work?
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Old 02-10-2016, 11:22
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You can buy HDMI switches.

I've got one of these and it works wonderfully

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kinivo-501B...ds=kinivo+hdmi

There are manual ones available and some cheaper remote control ones. The Amazon Fire TV stick doesn't like being always on and behind a switch much - it turns itself off after a while so you might have to wait a minute to use it when you change the input.
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Old 02-10-2016, 11:22
Nigel Goodwin
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You need an HDMI switch, they are easily available on-line, or in any TV shop.

Here's one example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Duronic-HDS...ds=hdmi+switch
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Old 03-10-2016, 01:19
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You need an HDMI switch, they are easily available on-line, or in any TV shop.

Here's one example:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Duronic-HDS...ds=hdmi+switch
I have 2 of those on different TVs, very good little switch.
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Old 03-10-2016, 08:10
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Just bear in mind that not all HDMI devices are good with handshaking when used on a switch. Sometimes you may need to turn things on and off to get them to work together.
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