Displayport: A Better Video Interface

Post by ShadowBanThis01 » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 8:32 AM UTC

xxpor wrote: post #115

yellowapple wrote: post #93

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> If this were true, then people would be running datacenter networking over HDMI. Why would they? If they need more bandwidth than what Ethernet provides, they'd probably just bite the bullet and go with fiber. ...which punts the previous question to why the industry hasn't gone all-in with fiber optic display connectors, like it has with TOSLINK for S/PDIF in the audio world.

TOSLINK/S/PDIF is way out of date and no one uses it any more. Ironically, because it doesn't have enough bandwidth for things like Atmos.

Post by dsab » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 9:28 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #262

Can we please get monitors that can find their signal within 100ms? Can we please get monitors that communicate their orientation (portrait/landscape etc.) to the computer?

Post by NavinF » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 10:00 AM UTC

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #344

qwertox wrote: post #240

This is a really well written article. If you haven't bothered reading about DisplayPort because you knew VGA, somewhat knew DVI and thought that HDMI is the culmination of it all, where then DisplayPort is just some further kind of evolution, this article does a really good job at explaining how DP is very different and something new, something worth knowing about. The core sentence which made me actually read the a…

Do you know what sucks? DisplayLink. It's 2023, and the best we have for 3 monitors (MacBook Pro, and 2 external monitors) is basic screen scraping with software drivers if you want to use a single cable... otherwise you have to fall back to 2 cables (one for power + first monitor, and one HDMI). The other reason why DisplayLink sucks is performance (or lack of) - what they don't tell you on the box. Video is like 16…

Post by Strom » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 11:32 AM UTC

111111IIIIIII wrote: post #56

nfriedly wrote: post #25

I'm annoyed nvidia for putting the current generation of HDMI on their recent GPUs, but leaving them with an outdated version of DisplayPort. For a long time, my advice to anyone was to always choose DisplayPort whenever it was an option. But now that has to have the caveat of "if you have a new high-end GPU and a fancy high refresh rate monitor, HDMI might actually be better for your situation"

And only 1 new version HDMI port but 3 old version DP ports. I use a dual display setup but HDR only works on mu displays with HDMI.

Post by eimrine » Wed, Jul 12, 2023, 12:25 PM UTC

zsz wrote: post #326

qwertox wrote: post #240

This is a really well written article. If you haven't bothered reading about DisplayPort because you knew VGA, somewhat knew DVI and thought that HDMI is the culmination of it all, where then DisplayPort is just some further kind of evolution, this article does a really good job at explaining how DP is very different and something new, something worth knowing about. The core sentence which made me actually read the a…

I've run into problems repeatedly when it came to DP cables. The issue is always the same: lack of enforcement and no barrier to entry allows for too many entrants, whose motives are up to consumers to discern, wasting time and money in the process. What I originally saw as a benefit of an open standard, as it turned out, was in fact a benefit (for consumers like myself) of the closed/high priced standard—which ended…