smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoThe HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementationwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkThe HDMI Forum rejected AMD's open source HDMI 2.1 implementationwww.gamingonlinux.comsmileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoWe cannot have two standards, that’s ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 months agoThere are now three competing standards. https://xkcd.com/927/
minus-squareHolzkohlen@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoAnd what does that use? That’s right it’s Displayport Alternate Mode! Oh you’ve got Thunderbolt? Guess what, also Displayport!
minus-squarebaropithecus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoI know what you are referencing, but displayport already covers everybody’s use cases
minus-squareThunderbird4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months agoI’ll just pull it up on this display that’s more than 9 feet away from the source…
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoWhat exactly doesnt work over HDMI?
minus-squareEldritch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoLinux has very little to do with DisplayPort. My Windows PCs use DisplayPort. You can get passive adapters to switch from HDMI to DisplayPort etc.
minus-squaredarth_helmet@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoHard to find on non-pc gear, but that’s a fair point
DisplayPort already exists
We cannot have two standards, that’s ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases.
There are now three competing standards.
https://xkcd.com/927/
Hi, my name is USB-C!
And what does that use? That’s right it’s Displayport Alternate Mode! Oh you’ve got Thunderbolt? Guess what, also Displayport!
I know what you are referencing, but displayport already covers everybody’s use cases
Oh? Let me CEC on that…
I’ll just pull it up on this display that’s more than 9 feet away from the source…
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What exactly doesnt work over HDMI?
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Linux has very little to do with DisplayPort. My Windows PCs use DisplayPort. You can get passive adapters to switch from HDMI to DisplayPort etc.
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Hard to find on non-pc gear, but that’s a fair point