...even if you need a new one every two years, it only costs $69-99.00, depends if on sale.
And even just 3 years ago, Televisions were HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 , now they are HDMI 2.1/HDCP 2.3 and you need that to play PS5/XBOX X at the highest quality, 2021 models, J, were the first ones with HDMI 2.1.