Over the years, we’ve seen a good number of interfaces used for computer monitors, TVs, LCD panels and other all-things-display purposes. We’ve lived through VGA and the large variety o…
Anyway, yeah, HDMI was for “Home Theaters” and pushed by the industry that builds that kind of thing and DisplayPort is for computers, period.
Their featuresets reflect this well. It’s hard to declare one better than the other, because that depends entirely on the application. Some people think they would like a displayport-based home theater setup, but they don’t realize how many features HDMI has that they unknowingly rely on like auto lipsync, eARC, CEC, etc.
Right but couldn’t TVs at least give me a choice? I’d love like a single eARC HDMI port with like 3 display ports and the ability to pass through USB data… Can you imagine how bitching that TV would be?
Their featuresets reflect this well. It’s hard to declare one better than the other, because that depends entirely on the application. Some people think they would like a displayport-based home theater setup, but they don’t realize how many features HDMI has that they unknowingly rely on like auto lipsync, eARC, CEC, etc.
Right but couldn’t TVs at least give me a choice? I’d love like a single eARC HDMI port with like 3 display ports and the ability to pass through USB data… Can you imagine how bitching that TV would be?