Oh, you want to plug your own computer into your own TV using a cable you own?
Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask (and pay)?
The mighty DisplayPort: “what is this peasant behaviour I’m too royal(ty-free) to understand?”
How do I add a DP port to both my TV and my laptop?
If your laptop has USB-C it most likely already has DP out.
Your TV? message the manufacturer. tell your friends to message the manufacturer. Demand DisplayPort on TVs. Be the change you want to see in the world.
Explain?
The HDMI consortium are shitheads who demand royalties, and all Linux PCs are gimped to not have modern HDMI features because of it.
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IDK I’ve got two 1440p monitors connected via DP. I can’t say I’ve encountered any fidelity issues.
The primary design goal of VGA was to display video. The primary design goal of HDMI was to prevent the display of video.
displayport is the modern successor to vga.
I wish DisplayPort would become the standard already. It’s superior in every way.
HDMI is the microUSB of the video world and I wish it would die already in lieu of DP and USB-C/ThunderBolt.
Why not USB C? It can carry a DP signal and (obviously) do all the USB stuff you’d ever need too.
It’s superior in every way.
Not every way, it doesn’t do audio. That’s really the only downside.
That’s incorrect. DP has had audio (up to 8 channels, 24bit@192kHz) since 1.0, nowadays it supports up to 32 channels and 1536kHz sample rate. Wikipedia has the official standards PDFs linked.
I stand corrected
HMDI can also do ethernet, which is very convenient. If you have two devices that support it.
And pass remote control inputs
and it also has a locking mechanism!
And to monetize the display of video. Licensing of that port’s supporting technology is holding everyone back.
Every time I notice I cannot use my full refresh rate over the HDMI on my 7900xtx in Linux because of licencing issues, I get rationally pissed off.
That’s one of the things I like about Displayport. It locks in but is generally not too hard to remove (depending on your monitor/PC clearance).
The other is that it doesn’t involve paying ransom to the HDMI consortium…
So what the fuck is wrong with mine? If I sneeze I have to take it out and Nintendo it
You’re sneezing pretty hard out there buck-o
i am but also the cable sucked lemon balls. i got old man sneezeosis
Probably a low quality cable
Mine’s been pretty stable but I also don’t screw with my cables much once everything is in place
The port is great.
Device manufacturers putting said port deep in the bowels of Erebus where no mortal man could hope to actuate the locking mechanism is less great.
This isn’t all that much cus of the slot and more to do with that most vga was set up with mounting screws which sadly fell out of favor with hdmi
Those two screws on the VGA block are tough
Add the Displayport! Which doesn’t even allow hot-swapping, I keep needing to turn my computer off…
Nah, it is all about safety.
If you triple over a stretched HDMI cable it will safely disconnect.
If you triple over a stretched VGA cable… Well, may God save you and your monitor.
To be fair, VGA had 2 big ass screws on each side to hold the connection in. If you tightened them all the way down, the VGA connector was essentially part of the fucking machine at that point.
Fuck HDMI. All my homies use Displayport!
Man, I miss those. Talk about enshittification lol
hold on, I have something for this
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We need to make screws on ports great again.
What’s kind of amusing is that all those old ports with the screw-in fasteners were moving around anywhere from 3v to 12v at about 45mA on the high-side. Meanwhile, USB-C can move 240W and has nothing to prevent disconnecting while sending enough power to run a power tool.
It’s even allowed to be randomly unplugged while delivering maximum power
