Why Consoles Keep Breaking During Holiday Visits: HDMI Ports and Holiday Travel Damage Explained
As families bounce from house to house during the holidays, gaming consoles get dragged along for the ride. PS5s, Xboxes, and Switch docks get plugged into multiple TVs, set up in temporary spaces, and handled by excited kids and cousins. Every year, this leads to the same huge spike in HDMI failures. If your console suddenly shows no signal, flickers, or only works when the cable is held a certain way, you’re seeing the early stages of holiday damage. This post breaks down the three real reasons consoles get damaged during holiday travel, the signs your HDMI port is failing, and what you can do to prevent an expensive repair. --- 1. Kids and Pets Tripping Over Temporary Cables Holiday gaming setups are rarely permanent. Consoles end up: on the floor on coffee tables near walkways plugged into TVs in crowded rooms With kids running around, cousins wrestling, and pets weaving through the living room, HDMI cables become trip wires. One pull on the cable sends all that force directly into...