Comments on: Daily Blog – Brian Florian – March 26, 2008: HAVE YOU BROKEN AN HDMI PORT?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:03:04 +0000

It’s unfortunate the manfs (not to mention us) were saddled with such a poorly implemented connector and cable design. Thank you MPAA (and the CEA for wussing out). If the world was right, we would all have HD-SDI connectors on our equipment.

By: ovation

ovation — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:44:26 +0000

But warranties are already variable and incomplete across a whole host of products–from small kitchen appliances to cars. So while it would be crappy for companies to NOT include them in the warranty, it certainly would not be anything unusual in the annals of warranty coverage (or lack thereof).

By: ender21

ender21 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:10:22 +0000

The sad thing is, it *should* be covered under warranty. If any breakable object were suddenly removed from warranty coverage, then what good would the warranty be? “We’ll only warranty that which is virtually indestructible!” isn’t a viable solution. True it’s not the CE manufacturer’s fault for a shoddy design, but if they don’t want to cover the product, then don’t produce it.

And NO, I’ve never broken an HDMI port and have owned several HDMI products.