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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Is displayport a more open standard, or more open source friendly?

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

DP is by VESA, who brought you such bangers as VGA, DVI, standardised mounting systems, DDC (which enables EDID), EDID.
Although there is controversy about them not supplying the standards documentation for free, i dont believe it is licences

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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Cool, I had no idea! Very good to know ☺️

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Some newer TVs come with DP over USB-C.

There's also the option of getting a DP to HDMI converter. I'm personally waiting for one that supports DP 2.0, along with VRR and HDR10+. There's a DP 1.4 one right now, but AFAIK it uses DSC to display the full 4k120, which isn't lossless.

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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Some newer TVs come with DP over USB-C.

I am very intrigued. Where would I find such a TV?

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

I think Hisense makes something with it. It's meant to be able to plug in phones directly. Will probably be becoming more common.

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[–] stefenauris@pawb.social [S] 4 points 2 years ago

That's a really good question!

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[–] l_b_i@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately unlikely to both. The displays all likely have the same controller boards with HDMI support baked in. The TVs are going to be made for people who still have cable and streaming boxes, and unless something has changed, those are all HDMI. Unless a manufacturer not in the forum decides to make a display, I don't really see anything without HDMI existing.