<story><title>DisplayPort and 4K</title><url>https://etbe.coker.com.au/2020/02/16/displayport-4k/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChuckNorris89</author><text>You forgot to mention that besides royalties, the main reason HDMI is used in consumers electronics is that it also streams audio with CEC as apposed to Display Port that only does video.&lt;p&gt;For most consumers, plugging in just one cable that does &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt; is a lot more convenient.&lt;p&gt;Edit: sorry, didn&amp;#x27;t know DP can also stream audio, my bad</text></item><item><author>Polylactic_acid</author><text>HDMI exists because the corporations behind the HDMI group are the ones that make most of the TVs and dvd boxes. So by pushing HDMI they get to use it for free while the competitors have to pay extra and are at a disadvantage. Nvidia and AMD are not on the HDMI group which is why on pro and enthusiast hardware displayport is pushed much more. My current gpu has 3 displayport and 1 hdmi.&lt;p&gt;On the tv side, the benefits of displayport are less important since most users are not watching 4k 144hz content and hdmi is now capable of playing 4k at 60hz. So hdmi is not only pushed by the corporations but is also the most convenient option the users want since all of their other hardware uses hdmi and it works fine.&lt;p&gt;Honestly I think GPUs should drop the hdmi port entirely and ship with a displayport to hdmi cable which works fine because displayport gpus also support hdmi and dvi over the dp port.</text></item><item><author>proverbialbunny</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m an early adopter of 4k60.  If you write code and you&amp;#x27;re not on 4k, you don&amp;#x27;t know what you&amp;#x27;re missing.  4k is great.&lt;p&gt;Back then display port ran at 60fps, and hdmi ran at 30fps.  My hardware has changed and moved on, but I still default to using a display port cable.  It&amp;#x27;s rare to not find a graphics card without display port, and it&amp;#x27;s rare to find a monitor without one, so I&amp;#x27;ve never had a reason to try HDMI.  As far as I can tell it&amp;#x27;s a stubborn format that continue to fight to live on.  Frankly, I don&amp;#x27;t really get why we still have HDMI today.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jmiserez</author><text>DisplayPort does audio. The main reason for HDMI is DRM.</text></comment>
<story><title>DisplayPort and 4K</title><url>https://etbe.coker.com.au/2020/02/16/displayport-4k/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChuckNorris89</author><text>You forgot to mention that besides royalties, the main reason HDMI is used in consumers electronics is that it also streams audio with CEC as apposed to Display Port that only does video.&lt;p&gt;For most consumers, plugging in just one cable that does &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt; is a lot more convenient.&lt;p&gt;Edit: sorry, didn&amp;#x27;t know DP can also stream audio, my bad</text></item><item><author>Polylactic_acid</author><text>HDMI exists because the corporations behind the HDMI group are the ones that make most of the TVs and dvd boxes. So by pushing HDMI they get to use it for free while the competitors have to pay extra and are at a disadvantage. Nvidia and AMD are not on the HDMI group which is why on pro and enthusiast hardware displayport is pushed much more. My current gpu has 3 displayport and 1 hdmi.&lt;p&gt;On the tv side, the benefits of displayport are less important since most users are not watching 4k 144hz content and hdmi is now capable of playing 4k at 60hz. So hdmi is not only pushed by the corporations but is also the most convenient option the users want since all of their other hardware uses hdmi and it works fine.&lt;p&gt;Honestly I think GPUs should drop the hdmi port entirely and ship with a displayport to hdmi cable which works fine because displayport gpus also support hdmi and dvi over the dp port.</text></item><item><author>proverbialbunny</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m an early adopter of 4k60.  If you write code and you&amp;#x27;re not on 4k, you don&amp;#x27;t know what you&amp;#x27;re missing.  4k is great.&lt;p&gt;Back then display port ran at 60fps, and hdmi ran at 30fps.  My hardware has changed and moved on, but I still default to using a display port cable.  It&amp;#x27;s rare to not find a graphics card without display port, and it&amp;#x27;s rare to find a monitor without one, so I&amp;#x27;ve never had a reason to try HDMI.  As far as I can tell it&amp;#x27;s a stubborn format that continue to fight to live on.  Frankly, I don&amp;#x27;t really get why we still have HDMI today.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bgorman</author><text>This is a common misconception. However DisplayPort transmits audio as well.</text></comment>