Alright. I'll try that and see what happens.

Is it a console thing or a TV thing? I would have thought PS4 is sending the signal down the HDMI cable and it's just the TV freaking out and not doing what it's supposed to in order to display the image/sound.

I don't recall ever having this problem, but I don't specifically recall any instances of turning the TV on after turning on the PS4.

I assume since I haven't had this issue with any of my other multiple consoles that it's a PS4 issue.

im assuming its an old/cheapo tv, they have a tendancy to ignore or mess up handshakes if the handshake isnt sent AFTER the are turned on, if theyre sat waiting for a signal its usually fine, but if theyre turned on with a signal already being repeatedly sent then it messes up, some REALLY old tvs that dont handle handshakes at all can completely cease to work with newer hdmi devices too.

A damaged or overly long hdmi cable can cause issues too in that the signal being sent from the console fails and the console goes into lockdown and stops sending a signal all together (only occurs with HDCP turned on though) in those instances, its a countermeasure intended to prevent older hdmi stripper devices from working.

OP, Try turning off HDCP and see how that goes.

Make some tests... btw without this feature you will need to power on/off your TV manually and switch sources too... PS4 won't do that automatically.

What do you mean by switch sources?

Nah

Input sources.

Most TVs have Cable input, A/V input, Video Conponent input, and one or more HDMI input.

When you change the display from Cable TV to HDMI PS4 you are switching sources.

It is supposed to have a Source button in your remote control.

Oh right. I have to do all that manually already anyways.

Mine does this.