HDMI needs to be daisy-chain able. There simply is no excuse for this not being in there.
Think about it, no more stupid, expensive HDMI switchers needed and a single HDMI input on the TV and simple "HDMI IN and HDMI OUT" on each device. Give all the devices a unique MAC address, and make the whole thing a mini-network, which each device sharing a single bus.
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HDMI needs to be daisy-chain able. There simply is no excuse for this not being in there.
Think about it, no more stupid, expensive HDMI switchers needed and a single HDMI input on the TV and simple "HDMI IN and HDMI OUT" on each device. Give all the devices a unique MAC address, and make the whole thing a mini-network, which each device sharing a single bus.
That's a great idea, iespecially if it would still work when the unused devices are off.