hdmi out port

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Is the HDMI port on your laptop an HDMI in port or just an HDMI out port? Most laptops only have an HDMI out port if anything. You cannot get video in if you only have an HDMI out port.

Hello C0nd1t10nR3D,



How the Xbox One works with being able to control the TV is that the Xbox One has a HDMI In port and a HDMI Out port. If a person had a cable set-top box, they would take the HDMI cable from that and plug it into the HDMI In port on the Xbox One, and then
connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI Out port and connect that to the TV.



In your case, I think it could only work if your TV had both a HDMI Out port and a HDMI In port. If this is the case, which I don't ever think I've heard of a thing for just a TV (I guess it could be possible), then you would go from the TV's HDMI Out port
to the Xbox One's HDMI In port and from the Xbox One's HDMI Out port to the TV's HDMI In port.



I hope I have answered your question!



-cacman14

No,as long as the HDMI port on the back of your cable box is "HDMI Out", you will be fine. You get a HDMI cord to go from cable box to xbox HDMI IN port , and a HDMI cord to go from xbox HDMI Out Port to tv.

Do you have the hdmi cable plugged in to the right hdmi port on your console? Ot has two hdmi ports. One for hdmi in and one for hdmi out. Make sure your hdmi cable is plugged in to the hdmi out port(the one closest to the power brick) and run that into
the tv.