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The HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementation (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] 276 points 2 years ago (61 children)

Sounds like hdmi Forum are a bunch of twats. Time for a new format.

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  • [–] 314 points 2 years ago (51 children)

    DisplayPort already exists

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  • [–] 127 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    We cannot have two standards, that's ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I know what you are referencing, but displayport already covers everybody's use cases

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Hard to find on non-pc gear, but that’s a fair point

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (30 children)

    And also USB c

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  • [–] 87 points 2 years ago (23 children)

    USB-C display output uses the Display Port protocol

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (22 children)

    Can it use others, and is there a benefit? USB C makes a lot of sense; lower material usage, small, carries data, power and connects to almost everything now.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    I believe USB-C is the only connector supported for carrying DisplayPort signals other than DisplayPort itself.

    The biggest issue with USB-C for display in my opinion is that cable specs vary so much. A cable with a type c end could carry anywhere from 60-10000MB/s and deliver anywhere from 5-240W. What's worse is that most aren't labeled, so even if you know what spec you need you're going to have a hell of a time finding it in a pile of identical black cables.

    Not that I dislike USB-C. It's a great connector, but the branding of USB has always been a mess.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (7 children)

    would be neat to somehow have a standard color coding. kinda how USB 3 is (usually) blue, maybe there could be thin bands of color on the connector?

    better yet, maybe some raised bumps so visually impaired people could feel what type it was. for example one dot is USB 2, two could be USB 3, etc

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Have you looked at the naming of the usb standards? No you havn't otherwise you wouldn't make this sensible suggestion.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    the shenenigans with USB 3 naming you mean? you're right, this would be too logical for USB lol

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Don't worry, they made it worse with usb 4.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Yep, very true. I didn't understand this until I couldn't connect my Mac to my screen via the USB C given with the computer, I had to buy another (and order it in specifically). Pick up a cable, and I have no idea which version it is.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    USB C seems like a good idea but in reality all it really did was take my 5 different, not interchangeable, but visually distinct, cables, and make them all look identical and require labeling

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    More people should try DP.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I thought I had NSFW turned off... 🤣

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    As already mentioned, DisplayPort exists. The problem is adoption. Even getting DisplayPort adopted as the de facto standard for PC monitors hasn't done anything to get it built into TVs.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    also there's still no alternative to hdmi-cec

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