Oh, well fuck HDMI then

  • @[email protected]
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    I’ve already started preferring displayport for monitors. Now I’m going to prefer monitors without HDMI at all, if they exist.

    Any TVs come with DP?

    • Cris
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      910 months ago

      Is displayport a more open standard, or more open source friendly?

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        2010 months ago

        DP is by VESA, who brought you such bangers as VGA, DVI, standardised mounting systems, DDC (which enables EDID), EDID.
        Although there is controversy about them not supplying the standards documentation for free, i dont believe it is licences

        • Cris
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          310 months ago

          Cool, I had no idea! Very good to know ☺️

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      10 months ago

      Some newer TVs come with DP over USB-C.

      There’s also the option of getting a DP to HDMI converter. I’m personally waiting for one that supports DP 2.0, along with VRR and HDR10+. There’s a DP 1.4 one right now, but AFAIK it uses DSC to display the full 4k120, which isn’t lossless.

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          210 months ago

          I think Hisense makes something with it. It’s meant to be able to plug in phones directly. Will probably be becoming more common.

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      310 months ago

      Unfortunately unlikely to both. The displays all likely have the same controller boards with HDMI support baked in. The TVs are going to be made for people who still have cable and streaming boxes, and unless something has changed, those are all HDMI. Unless a manufacturer not in the forum decides to make a display, I don’t really see anything without HDMI existing.