• althaz@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Because HDMI is a pain in the ass and everybody who is using a PC is expecting to use DisplayPort.

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      1 year ago

      Because HDMI is a pain in the ass and everybody who is using a PC is expecting to use DisplayPort.

      Unless you’ve ascended to the PC-powered couch gamer. Don’t knock it until you try it!

      • PC

      • flagship OLED

      • comfy couch

      • ATMOS surround system

      Takes PC gaming to a whole other level. HDMI is nice for eARC (PC direct to display, audio feeds back to the AVR/amp via HDMI). It’s a clean, awesome setup. Also lets you run TrueHD 7.1 ATMOS for all those Linux ISOs :)

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      1 year ago

      The only time we use HDMI is when you want to connect you’re PC to a projector or a surround system because the standard there is HDMI.

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        1 year ago

        And unless I’m missing something, the ONLY way to get TrueHD 7.1 + ATMOS is via HDMI. The old optical standard (name escapes me) can’t do that.

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          1 year ago

          Yea I think you are right but all the standards and audio/video formats get very complicated very fast for me. With MPC-HC and MadVR I can play anything no problem though so that is OK. But if you actually want a surround receiver and for the audio to work as intended you need to use HDMI as far as I understand it.

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        1 year ago

        I have 5 PCs and 8 monitors in my home and they are all using DP except one that’s really old and uses DVI. DP is the standard connector for PC monitors.

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          1 year ago

          Everything in my home uses HDMI.

          I also don’t use monitors. LG CX OLED as main monitor, sometimes hook a PC up to the regular LED bedroom tv.

          No interest in using displayport, HDMI is fine for the vast majority of use cases. Not sure why we need competing connectors. Frankly, not sure why we don’t all just switch to USB-C long term.

          There’s just no reason to not standardize with USB-C for every display.

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      1 year ago

      not to mention that HDMI is licensed port, that is not fully implemented under Linux, while DP is license-free port.