• artyom@piefed.social
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    8 hours ago

    I honestly don’t understand why anyone (OEMs) use HDMI when DP is seemingly superior in every way. Why don’t any TVs come with DP? Why don’t streaming boxes come with DP? It’s confounding me.

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      3 hours ago

      Because the TV manufacturers own the HDMI licensing body and make money from you for every device you buy with HDMI.

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      6 hours ago

      I also don’t get it… Just 1 DP port is sufficient for me… And before people are saying… just use a DP to HDMI adapter… Well, I tried… And it doesn’t work either for some reason… I still can not get 4k 120Hz. (yes my TV supports that, yes… I also tried “gaming mode” on my TV)

      DP to HDMI adapter

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      7 hours ago

      oh im pretty sure this purely market competiton, not between the two ports but between manufactures.

      like if you want to compete with a company (ex. sony) who is making x tv with hdmi, ideally you want a similar product available that has the same ports. The goal is to sell into peoples already existing ecosystem and sadly its hdmi dominant.

      one time when I was presenting in class, my laptop only had displayport and I just stood there like a dumbass waiting for my files to be avail on a donor pc. Is dp superior? yeah, but the whole world is hdmi :[

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        7 hours ago

        I mean just about every computer and monitor supports DP, it’s only TVs that refuse to support it for some reason.

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          7 hours ago

          okay so from what ive searched up, hdmi standard was a collaberation between hitachi, panasonic, maxell, philips, silicon image, sony, vantiva, and toshiba. Furthermore it “won” the support from a lot of entertainment companies like universal, warner, and disney.

          ;_; so basically, even though they came together to make a universal system, they spent money on it and therefore need to make the most out of it. All other manufacturers just follow along.

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            7 hours ago

            Okay so they all come together to create a standard that they can then charge others to use. Brilliant.