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KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Introduces Plasma Bigscreen Mode for HTPCs (www.techpowerup.com)
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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I searched for what HDMI-CEC but it’s not very clear to me. Does it mean that, say, if I have an HTPC, and if I run Kodi, I can control it with a regular TV remote? Should this thing be on a TV too? Would appreciate someone with the supported devices to comment how it works and how you use it.

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    It means that multiple devices which are connected to the same TV can all control each other.

    For example, say you have a streaming device (e.g. Amazon Fire Stick) and an audio receiver both hooked up to the same TV on different HDMI ports. With CEC, you could use the volume buttons on the streaming device’s remote to control the volume on the audio receiver. You could also use the power button on the TV remote to turn all three devices on/off at the same time.

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