Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 18 hours ago

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

ramble81@lemmy.zip · 8 hours ago

It still be cheaper than paying for the licensing.

Except it’s not. HDMI licensing (for high volume) is a $10,000 flat fee, plus $0.04 per unit if you use HDCP. So if you were to sell 100,000 units that would be $14,000 ($10K base plus $0.04 x 100K).

Based on those numbers you would have to find a way to include a physical adapter for $0.14/unit. I don’t think you’re gonna find anything that cheap with any amount of quality.