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What's the advantage of DP over HDMI? I see the ports more frequently these days but rarely see monitors that take direct DP input... Mostly HDMI.
I keep having to buy DP->HDMI converters
That is because of lobbying. The reality is that HDMI has loyalties and isn't a free standard like display port is. Display port is also superior technologically: it is compatible with usb-c (thunderbolt), supports higher framerate, and has higher quality (up to 16K).
Ah, that's all you had to say - I'm sold.
I was expecting a lot of technical AV geekery that doesn't really apply to me but that bit speaks to me. I'm a simpleton. If it displays a terminal, an IDE, and a browser then it's probably fine for me.
Thanks!
DP is an open standard, HDMI is proprietary and licensed. That's the biggest difference.
That's all I needed to hear. Count me in.
Thanks for the info!
I feel like computer monitors DP is pretty common, but I also specifically try to get them. DP is pretty rare on TVs. They're functionally the same technologies, but most TVs won't include DP.
I had to replace a few recently and only found HDMI but I was specifically looking for the cheapest monitors possible so maybe that had something to do with it. I also needed them ASAP so I was only looking in local stores.
I'll look closer next time.
I've seen the opposite more often, where most monitors will have HDMI and DP, but several that only had DP (usually miniDP) and Type-C ports. I don't think I've seen any since the early 2000s that only had HDMI (and usually DVI or VGA).