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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?
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
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Is displayport a more open standard, or more open source friendly?
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
Cool, I had no idea! Very good to know ☺️
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.
Some newer TVs come with DP over USB-C.
I am very intrigued. Where would I find such a TV?
I think Hisense makes something with it. It's meant to be able to plug in phones directly. Will probably be becoming more common.
That's a really good question!
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.
Time to abandon HDMI then.
Is this a DRM thing?
(Answer: possibly maybe)
Hardware person here, these standards groups are getting out of control. They want thousands of dollars from anyone who wants to make anything compatible with their specs and while hardware and drivers are becoming cheaper and easier than ever to get into, they have become the main roadblock.
It's like the MP3 days all over again.