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PS4: Handy Little Tip To Eliminate Tedious Switching Between Multiple HDMI Sources

Here is an amazing tip related to multiple HDMI source, Playstation 4 and eliminating the tedious procedure of switching between them just by a push of PS Button

gameseveryday3622d ago

Yes indeed. Solid tip sam_job.

UltimateMaster3622d ago

Here is the discovery of Earn1188: "if using HDMI-CEC enabled and you change your tv source to something else while the ps4 is on, you can hit the ps button to automatically switch back to the hdmi source your ps4 is on."

He further explained: "I have my laptop connected to my TV and switch back and forth a lot between it and my PS4, which results in tedious switching between hdmi source 1 and 2."

"If your TV has HDMI-CEC, and you enable it, you can control your ps4 with your tv remote and such, what I did not know, is that if you are say, like me, on another hdmi source, like a laptop, and want to immediately switch to your ps4, you just hit the ps button and it automatically changes it to the ps4 screen."

Alexander1Nevermind3622d ago (Edited 3622d ago )

I've known this for quite a few yrs as the PS3 has a similar ability although I don't think you could go back to the games input with the press of the PS button - while the system was already on.

If I turn off my tv then the ps4 will turn off; and if I turn on my ps4 then it will in turn cut mytv on and switch to the PS4 input source. Samsung TV's have had this ability for 5/6 yrs I believe.

Still a good tip for those who did not know.

minimur123622d ago (Edited 3622d ago )

Knew about this ages ago. Found out by a fluke though, was pretty amazed lol

It feels good to be the one that knows something not many people know, lol

Something else what I read the other day was holding the PS button for 10 secs turns off the controller, this is fine and all but after 2 seconds the screen comes up, so you're staring at that screen for 8 seconds which is quite long if your sitting there just looking at the screen. I'd rather go into 'devices' and then turn the controller off like that

LonDonE3621d ago

@EyeWishUHeaven
Agreed i have known this for yonks too! with my Sony Bravia tv i can even use my tv remote control on my Playstation products! its AWESOME! like when watching a dvd or blue ray i dont need to use the dual shock and instead i can just use my tv remote! THIS IS OLD NEWS! cant believe some dont know basic stuff like this!

I suppose we all learn something new everyday!

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Baccra173622d ago

If you have time to comment, you have time to beat Madara so we can move on with this dumb war arc already.

SaffronCurse3622d ago

The war arc is the final faze of Shippuden so I'd like it to drag for abit.

XisThatKid3622d ago

LOL you do know that this is the end of the series right? Kishi the creator and writer confirmed this a ways back. Cool tip I just
found this out last week.

MegaRay3622d ago

I lost interest in naruto for that.
Seriously, look at code geass, 50 episodes had 3 wars while naruto having 100 episode of the same war crap

Baccra173622d ago (Edited 3622d ago )

@XisThatKid

1. It's called a joke.
2. It's dragged out, boring, and I rather know what other characters are up to, like Orichimaru. I don't care what part of the story we are at- it's boring.

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user14394143622d ago

This is not possible on XboX One. Sony really are pushing the boundaries on next gen consoleS.

memots3622d ago

That's it people !! You heard the man.... Wrap it up the war is over .

ITPython3621d ago

I have yet to use my TV's CEC functions, but this does sound interesting. Although using an HDMI receiver with HDMI switching and HDMI monitor-out is a much better option, as it switches the audio and video on a single click. Plus unlike through the TV, you don;t have the cycle through the inputs, you just click on DVD, or Blu ray (or whatever you have the HDMI connected to on the receiver) and it switches everything for you.

showtimefolks3621d ago

thank you awesome, also this worked with ps3 slim too

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incendy353622d ago (Edited 3622d ago )

Also, this works with every HDMI-CEC device, bluray players etc just how that tech works. Can be annoying too when it switches and you don't want it too haha. Wish it had a way to choose which input to use when you pressed the PS button.

Aceman183622d ago

i started using this about 2 months ago very useful.

isthe3622d ago

Woah that's really awesome! I hope my tv has that! Anyone know how you can tell if your tv has HDMICEC?

incendy353622d ago

If it was made in the past 5 years, it probably has it : ). Especially if it was made by Samsung. On a Sumsung TV it is usually under Applications/Anynet+

isthe3622d ago

thanks! sigh, I guess mine doesn't have it then.

ThatOneGuyThere3622d ago (Edited 3622d ago )

samsung... *shudders*

ITPython3621d ago (Edited 3621d ago )

It's been around longer than 5 years, my 7 year old Samsung has options for Anynet+ (though I've never used it).

@ThatOneGuyThere - Shudders? Samsung has some of the best HDTV's on the market. They are in the top-three.

MonsterChef3621d ago

I have a tv from 08 and this works like a charm , your also able to use the tv remove to navigate the ps4 menus just like your able to with the ps3 but unlike the ps3 you still can't scroll Netflix something I'm sure Sony will resolve in the next update

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T23621d ago

Av receivers have it too

isthe3621d ago

sorry if I sound dumb but what's an Av receiver?

T23620d ago

Ah sorry a surround sound receiver that you can also put all your hdmi in as well. My yamaha receiver controls all devices and switches to playstation when ps button is pushed

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Bethesda Needs to Reduce the Gaps Between New Fallout and Elder Scrolls Releases

Waiting a decade for new instalments in franchises as massive as Fallout and Elder Scrolls feels like a waste.

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-Foxtrot11h ago

Microsoft have Obsidian but I feel it's Bethesda who just don't want to play ball as they've always said they want to do it themselves.

Once MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have put the Outer Worlds 2 on the back burner, allow Bethesda to finish off its own Space RPG with Starfield (despite totally different tone why have two in your first party portfolio with two developers who's gameplay is a tad similar) and got Obsidian for one of their projects to make a spiritual successor to New Vegas.

When the Elder Scrolls VI is finished Bethesda can then onto the main numbered Fallout 5 themselves.

The Outer Worlds 2 started development in 2019 so putting it on the back burner wouldn't have been the end of the world, they'd have always come back to it once Fallout was done and it would have been nicely spaced out from Starfields release once they had most likely stopped supporting it and all the expansions were released.

If they did this back in 2020 when they bought Zenimax and the game had a good, steady 4 - 5 years development, you might have seen it release in 2025.

We are literally going to be waiting until 2030 at the very earliest for Fallout 5 and all they seem bothered about is pushing Fallout 76.

RaidenBlack9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

Its not just only Todd not playing ball.
Obsidian have made a name for themselves in delivering stellar RPGs, but most famous once have always been sequels/spin-offs to borrowed IPs like KOTOR 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Stick of Truth etc.
Obsidian wants to invest more in their own original IPs like Outer Worlds or Pillars of Eternity with Avowed.
Similar to what Bluepoint & inXile wants to do or Kojima is doing (i.e not involving anymore in Konami's IPs).
So yea, even if New Vegas has the most votes from 3D Fallout fans, Obsidian just wants to do their own thing, like any aspiring dev studio and MS is likely currently respecting that.
But a future Fallout game from Obsidian will surely happen. Founder Feargus Urquhart has already stated an year ago that they're eager to make a new Fallout game with Bethesda, New Vegas 2 or otherwise. Urquhart was the director of the very first 1995's Fallout game after all.
And don't forget Brian Fargo and his studio inXile, as Brian Fargo was the director of Fallout's 1988 predecessor: Wasteland

KyRo5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Obsidian should take over the FO IP. They're do far better with it than Bethesda who hasn't made a great game for almost 15 years

Duke195h ago(Edited 5h ago)

I disagree. Part of these games is the support for the mod community. If they move to releasing a "next game" every 2 or 3 years, the modding support plummets and the franchises turn into just another run of the mill RPG.

Make the games good enough to withstand the test of time, to keep people coming back to them and expanding on them with mod support.

--Onilink--2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

I dont think anyone is saying they need to come out every 2 years (not to mention almost no game is released that quickly anymore)

By the time Fallout 5 comes out, it will be more than 15 years since Fallout 4 came out (same with ES6 coming out 15 years after Skyrim). Even if you want to use F76 as the metric for the most recent release, that one came out in 2018. It will be a miracle if F5 comes out before 2030

The point is that for a studio that doesnt seem to operate with multiple teams doing several projects at once, that their projects normally take 4-5 years as a minimum, and that now they even added Starfield to the rotation, it becomes a 15+ years waiting period between releases for each series, which doesnt make sense. Imagine that Nintendo only released a mainline Mario or Zelda game every 15 years…

They either need to start developing more than 1 project at a time, let someone else take a crack at one of the IPs or significantly reduce their development times

Duke191h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Why should someone else take a crack at one of the IPs? Look at what happened to Final Fantasy as a recent example - there is pretty clear FF fatigue setting in because they are now pumping out titles in the franchise every few years. Pumping out more games faster doesn't always make a series better.

There are plenty of options to make new games, not just create more titles in the same universe at a faster pace.

mandf2h ago

Yeah I’m going to say it, who cares about the modding community when making a game? Half the time developers only tolerate modders because they fix there game for them.

Skuletor4h ago

Yeah, let's all advocate for smaller gaps between series' releases, then we'll probably get headlines about how the series have dropped in quality and they could have benefited from more time in the oven. Let them cook.

SimpleSlave3h ago

"how the series have dropped in quality and they could have benefited from more time in the oven" So every Bethesda game then? Got it.

Listen, I would agree if this was about From Software or something, but Bethesda?

🤣

C'mon now. What timeline are you from?

Skuletor1h ago

Think about it, they're already bug filled messes on their current schedule, can you imagine how much worse it would be if they rushed things?

Duke191h ago

I mean you aren't wrong. People are going to complain about anything

isarai3h ago

Hows about you focus on quality, just a thought 🤷‍♂️

Sciurus_vulgaris2h ago

Bethesda [or Microsoft] would have to reallocate internal and external studios towards fallout and elder scrolls titles. Bethesda has the issue of developing 2 big IPs that are large RPGs on rotation. If you want more Fallout and Elder Scrolls, development will have to be outsourced.

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