Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoHDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and contentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and contentarstechnica.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarej4k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoHDMI is the proprietary monopoly scam. It is added to devices by the owning members of the scam. Display Port is the open source free equivalent standard that the educated consumer goes looking for.
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoProblem is, very few things output or input DP. HDMI, for better or worse, seems to be ubiquitous.
minus-squareSorse@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoA lot of laptops nowadays output video over usb c, in most cases they use DisplayPort alt mode, which as the name implies is just DisplayPort. That doesn’t solve the issue of every x in 1 dongle only having HDMI or TVs only having HDMI inputs
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI hear ya. But for example do modern set top boxes, blue ray etc. have DP?
HDMI is the proprietary monopoly scam. It is added to devices by the owning members of the scam. Display Port is the open source free equivalent standard that the educated consumer goes looking for.
Problem is, very few things output or input DP.
HDMI, for better or worse, seems to be ubiquitous.
A lot of laptops nowadays output video over usb c, in most cases they use DisplayPort alt mode, which as the name implies is just DisplayPort.
That doesn’t solve the issue of every x in 1 dongle only having HDMI or TVs only having HDMI inputs
I hear ya.
But for example do modern set top boxes, blue ray etc. have DP?