sanitation@lemmy.radio to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoFull HDMI 2.1 may be coming to Linuxvideocardz.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1121
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minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoNo, what allows this to exist is consumer complacency. If people refused to buy HDMI devices, they couldn’t sell them, and they’d stop making them. And then just everyone would use DisplayPort, which is the objectively superior standard anyway.
minus-squareeletes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours agoHow many TVs these days have DisplayPort? Should steam machine owners only play on monitors?
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoDepends on how you define a TV. But not many. For the reasons I stipulated in the comment you replied to.
minus-squarePeruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 hours agoThat’s really cool but what about supporting hardware that people already own is bad?
No, what allows this to exist is consumer complacency. If people refused to buy HDMI devices, they couldn’t sell them, and they’d stop making them. And then just everyone would use DisplayPort, which is the objectively superior standard anyway.
How many TVs these days have DisplayPort? Should steam machine owners only play on monitors?
Depends on how you define a TV. But not many. For the reasons I stipulated in the comment you replied to.
That’s really cool but what about supporting hardware that people already own is bad?
Who said it was bad?