How to Still use HDMI equipment on a TV with Broken HDMI Ports

Our TV stopped working this morning. We followed your tips, ordered everything off Amazon and we are back in business! We spent $25 and the picture looks great. Thank you for your video and saving us from having to buy a new TV.

I've got an older TV where the HDMI ports just went out and found this while searching for other possible options. I already knew what you were describing here, but it was good to see someone had made a video explaining it. I may be using my now defective TV in a similar fashion in a less used area, via an HDMI to VGA adapter. Good work and I bet you're helping a lot of people!

Very clear concise instructions... easily found everything on Amazon and ordered it. It came to about $25 US Dollars. Way cheaper than buying a new TV and now I will have 3 HDMI inputs with remote. Love it. Thank you! I will let you know how it worked out.

Thanks for making this video. In the US, San Diego, California, where I live, its even cheaper to do this simple fix. Loved the "hot-air" fix your HDMI ports video too. Keep up the great work!

This is great. I "inherited" a 7-year-old 50" TV with all broken HDMI ports and I was about to get rid of it. For 25 bucks it's worth giving this workaround a try.

Thanks Vince my lg tv just broke thought about resoldering when I found this video. I had thought about trying the method but never gave it much thought, thanks for the info.

You have literally just saved me £400 + great informative video, got all the parts for under fifteen quid and it worked an absolute treat, thank you so much 😊

What a beautiful voice! I wish I could learn about everything with an accented host! 😻 And now that I've finished, beautiful video, thank you Mate Vince! I've learned so much. I'm so glad I can resolve my old 55" connections.

Vince, I was having the "no signal" problem on my LG tv, searched You Tube for an answer and came across this video. I decided to try it since all the needed gear didn't cost much. It worked pretty much like you said and this solution will bridge the gap until I can save for a new TV. Thanks for your help, it got me out of a jam.

Excellent ! very informative and clearly presented. Thank you of all this information. I have been dealing with signal loss on a 50' HDMI cable to my other office (security system hook up) and I have been having a lot of trouble. I now know all the letters of the different cables and what they do and don't do. Thanks again for your video it was very helpful.

I'm so glad I found this video - was pulling my hair out with factory reset and that wasn't working. Will give this a go. Cheers

Thank you for making this video. I thought I would have to buy a new TV. With your steps my tv is working like new.

Vince thank you so much for this video My Monitor HDMI port broke and I didn’t have the money for a new monitor but as I was searching for an answer I found this video and I found it really helpful so I decided to buy all the parts (expect for the HDMI switcher I bought a Coupler instead) from Amazon at a cost of $20 CAD and it works perfect I get 1080p with my PS4 and whoever comes across this video just letting you know this works 100% great advice 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you so much Vince... your fix worked like a charm! The HDMI ports blew on my LG 55LX6500 and I got zero help from LG customer service on how to fix or work around the problem. LG even denies there is a problem with the HDMI ports on this generation of their TVs. Their only suggestion was to call out a service tech which made no sense for an 8 year-old TV. Ordered all the parts you suggested thru Amazon for CAD$ 37.30, followed your installation instructions and within 5 minutes I had my Cable TV Gateway and my ROKU back operating on the TV. Again, thanks for the great advice!

It's so weird that ten years ago I would have been scratching my head wondering what the heck this all meant. I understood what you used (and for what purpose) you used all the gadgets for. I didn't actually know that this was possible before though. You are very clear and easy to follow. I watched a few of your other videos too. Thank you so much for making these videos.I also have subscribed to your channel, so when I have problemsin the future, I'll know right where to look.

I didn't realise this, thanks for making the video I'm sure it will help people.

Thank you SO much! I was able to get our gaming systems back up and running on our family room television - my kids thank you too!

Great Video. Wish I'd seen this before I bought a Male HDMI port and Soldering Kit. I'm sure many are ignorant about the VGA workaround,, which I'll still use as I've only got 2HDMI's. Many Thanks.

Thank you, thank you! All four of our hdmi ports blew at once and this was a quick and easy solution. ***UPDATE: 5 years in and we are still using this. Much cheaper than a new tv!

My HDMI port broke, just did this exactly like he said and it worked. The only issue i had is the my gender changer came with screws on the side that block it from being able to plug in on one side. Just used a regular VGA cable with male ends. Worked perfectly and saved my TV for 6 dollars on EBAY. This is probably the most useful, to me, video on YouTube ever. 👍