WARNING, WARNING
Samsung, sadsong
I have 3 Samsung TVs. One from Black Friday 2016. Works fine, great picture. I am aware that some of the “holiday” TVs lack certain features, but I have no use for most of those features.
This year, I bought 2 more Samsung’s, very similar model, perhaps a bit less fancy. One was an MU6070 and that’s the one I tried to use in conjunction with the HDMI splitter, transmitter and receiver.
Here’s the problem, Samsung TVs can get proprietary. For instance, only Samsung soundbars will work with their TVs. However, it seems they all share some HDMI quirks.
The one quirk, relevant to this thread, is that Samsung TVs require a direct signal, so you cannot split an HDMI signal. Man was I ticked. I used the splitter and transmitter with two much less expensive TVs and it worked immediately and without issue. The Samsung will not. It catches it for a few seconds, but nvever enough to even set the TV up. As of Samsung is owned by a cable company....
Online, I saw a thread where the Samsung rep conceded that Samsung TVs don’t tolerate anything short of a direct signal.
GAMER ALERT: this doesn’t affect me, but you might want to be aware. Beginning in 2016, all Samsung TVs have an auto switch to HDMI. This means, the wife is watching TV, and you turn on your computer and bahm, she’s looking at your pron screensaver!
Don’t care? Ok. You’re playing Call of Duty on Nintendo, reaching high score, and your wife turns on the computer. Ha bat dat?
There’s a 30 page bitchfest over this HDMI issue and no solution in site, short of adding an HDMI switcher and using only one of the Samsung HDMI ports. I don’t game, but I can’t understand why any tech company would alienate that significant customer base. Someone at Samsung has to be looking for a new career in 2018!