HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can't make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver

Posted by dlundqvist on Thursday February 29, 2024 @02:20PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/

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Re:HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can't make an open source HDMI... by nfriedly on Thursday February 29, 2024 @02:28PM (#39553872)

This is yet another thing that reinforces my opinion that DisplayPort is superior to HDMI.

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Re:HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can't make an open source HDMI... by stop50 on Friday March 01, 2024 @02:37AM (#39559509)

It is simply superior. Its cheaper to implement and license and cables are mostly futureproof.

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Re:HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can't make an open source HDMI... by Our_Benefactors on Saturday March 02, 2024 @12:48PM (#39574230)

Now if only monitor manufacturers would realize that I WANT MULTIPLE DISPLAYPORT INPUTS ON A SINGLE MONITOR! Finding monitors with multiple HDMI inputs is easy, while finding one with multiple DisplayPort is nearly impossible.

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Re:HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can't make an open source HDMI... by nfriedly on Saturday March 02, 2024 @12:54PM (#39574282)

100% agree. I think nvidia using an outdated DP version on their latest GPUs has only made this worse.

One thing I've found is that sometimes displays will have USB-C & DisplayPort, which is effectively two DP inputs.

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Re:HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can't make an open source HDMI... by egberts1 on Friday March 01, 2024 @07:43AM (#39561223)

DVI and DisplayPort, here we buy.

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