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minus-squareZoteTheMighty@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up50·1 month agoThe primary design goal of VGA was to display video. The primary design goal of HDMI was to prevent the display of video.
minus-square𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agodisplayport is the modern successor to vga.
minus-squareAngryDeuce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoI 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.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month ago It’s superior in every way. Not every way, it doesn’t do audio. That’s really the only downside.
minus-squaredracc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThat’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.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoHMDI can also do ethernet, which is very convenient. If you have two devices that support it.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAnd pass remote control inputs
minus-squaredracc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhy not USB C? It can carry a DP signal and (obviously) do all the USB stuff you’d ever need too.
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·1 month agoAnd to monetize the display of video. Licensing of that port’s supporting technology is holding everyone back.
minus-squareNarauko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoEvery 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.
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.
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
Why not USB C? It can carry a DP signal and (obviously) do all the USB stuff you’d ever need too.
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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.