Nemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and contentarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkHDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and contentarstechnica.comNemeski@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoProblem is, very few things output or input DP. HDMI, for better or worse, seems to be ubiquitous.
minus-squareSorse@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·1 year agoI hear ya. But for example do modern set top boxes, blue ray etc. have DP?
minus-squareZeoic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGive it a few years and most people won’t have those devices anymore. Hell, we might already be there. If sony wasnt a founder of HDMI, TVs everywhere would probably use DP already
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?
Give it a few years and most people won’t have those devices anymore. Hell, we might already be there. If sony wasnt a founder of HDMI, TVs everywhere would probably use DP already