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DisplayPort: A Better Video Interface (hackaday.com)
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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Worse plug how? You can buy DP cables without the locking mechanism.

Example

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Go to your local electronics store and see if that is true when you want a cable “today”.

    There’s a difference between theory and practice.

    Different countries and regions may have better markets for DP cables, but I can’t recall having had options other than length.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why would you even want that, the locking mechanism is imo one of the advantages DP has over HDMI, I had one too many instances of the HDMI plug getting lose in the socket causing signal loss (granted, not a big issue for Home Theater but def. an issue for some people for PC usage).

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    YMMV, obviously.

    Locking DP is a pain in the ass for me. HDMI disconnecting was never an issue either.

    I just wish I had a choice, but in practice I don’t as selection of cables is poor.

    I never screwed in VGA or DVI connectors either.

    Personally I prefer the plug falling out instead of the connector and/or cable getting damaged if you pull on it.

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