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

grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• ch00f@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Surprised they didn’t take the opportunity to push DisplayPort a little more.

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  • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    the problem is although its a pc, valve wants it to sort of appeal to console users. and the problem is that the HDMI forum members are also TV manufacturers. they are very unlikely to ever support displayport.

    as long as TVs are more popular than monitors, that trend of HDMI holding control will never cease.

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    • piccolo@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except there is no reason to ever put hdmi on the hardware. Displayport is superior to hdmi in every way, and when you need to step down to peasant land… a simple passive DP to hdmi cable/adapter will do the job.

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      • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        there is, HDMI Arc, which is why all the home theater companies do not want to weaken its hold.

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      • dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think the reason you mention is a pretty good one… who wants to solely rely on adapters?

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    • lengau@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m still upset at how hard it is to get a monitor with multiple DP inputs…

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m a little disappointed, but not surprised. This thing is designed to be used in the living room hooked up to the TV, after all.

    The fact of A/V consumer electronics standardizing on HDMI instead of DisplayPort is kinda not Valve’s problem to solve, as much as I’d like it to try.

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