PS4 HDMI adapters to prevent damage to the port ?

You know what the best part is? The Testkits and Devkits have 0 issues what so ever (though sometimes the disc drive isn't connected inside for some reason). I even have a picture just for this thread to show a DUH-T1000AA HDMI port (Exterior only because I'm tired).
It's snug fit, doesn't wiggle, and from what I can tell isn't separating or messing with the plastic.

 

going by your post Pixel to me it seems the home consoles were made to break and then purchase another PS4 , i could be wrong and the HDMI port issue was a huge balls up by Sony

 

Thats the same port as on a retail, I think the difference is that people move their retail units a lot. We do ask about how our customers use their units and usually the hdmi failure units have frequent flyer miles. I would expect a dev unit to be treated better and be used in a single place or moved infrequently. The ultimate failure is when the tip of the pins gets bent slightly away from the plastic tab, on next insertion those pins get pushed out the back or smashed against the back of the port. Usually that is caused by wear on the plastic tab or separation of the metal portion of the port. the port on that dev unit shows almost no use.

By the way they fixed the later ones by securing the tips of the pins, the Cech-3000 hdmis on ps3 have the same design faults but were mounted as through hole components so they flex less.

 

I would like to say that sony tends to have higher quality components or build quality on dev stuff in my experience. A DECHA00A is the same as a launch PS3 yet I rarely see them dead unless they've clearly been abused.
That said, my PS4 testkit has an unknown history. I know the seller didnt pack it with bubblewrap and the front is cracked on one corner, but I also don't know when/who opened it. I dont know how long it was used or who owned it prior. I know it exchanged hands at least 3 times and was setup taken apart and tinkered with by all of us.

I'm pretty sure if you tried using it, you'd notice the HDMI port on this one feels damn solid

 

Any yet my dusty as hell barely working retail has a solid port too. I think the reliability difference on PS3 has more to do with where they were made than, would have to perform chemical analysis on hdmi ports to know for sure. Still can’t ignore use differences a unit used several hours a day at a dev studio is different from the one that goes back and forth between rooms twice a day for madden.

 

Trust me, there's a lot of devs that move these devices around. There was a specific mention of a developer sharing a story of how they didn't have tech to capture trailer footage so they had to lug the big DECR-1000A system to and from the office every week, set it up again, and move it back. Not all of them are stationary. Trust me.
Sony makes the dev systems last a little more than the retail ones to my knowledge.

If I had a spare system you could check it out, otherwise I cant do much for you other than snag a pic or two of the HDMI port from the inside. Would that possibly help?

 

Probably not, I have observed the reliability difference first hand but have never found any concrete reason for it but Sony making the devs internally under tighter control is almost certainly a factor, I saw that first hand when they moved ps2 production to China. Still dev units are essentially office equipment and retails are entertainment devices. Dev units seem to get more hours put on them but usually don’t get as heavily abused.

 

Based on the condition many of the dev kits that are sold on this site I would say that they have seen plenty of abuse in their lifetime.

 

I can sure PS4 test/dev kit & prototype using special production line from Japan , ( some retail also from there)
try open HDD cover ( old test kit ) , there easy find out square style barcode ( QR Code) .
other production line(china) ps4 did not have it
there very different work section than china/other line

 

hi guys i'm back , i got this puppy a little over week ago. I've decided to go with the CUH-1202 A and B line of PS4's , i want to thank all members in my thread who helped it is much appreciated.