Presumably because most people want to plug it into a TV, and supporting both would add cost.

I'd buy a SteamTV that's a good panel with a decent soc, DP instead of HDMI, and no webshit.

An no “Smart” bullshit, just a good device that syncs up to all your gaming devices.

Call me ignorant and feel free to correct me but I thought DisplayPort didnt support audio?

DisplayPort 1.1 and above supports audio transmission.

DP supports audio just fine. It just isn't usually used for that, since it's used with monitors and not TVs.

> It just isn't usually used for that, since it's used with monitors and not TVs.

Monitors have had audio outputs since forever, and now most displays these days are also USB hubs to boot.

> players that want to avoid the issue can use the Steam Machine’s DisplayPort 1.4 output, which supports even more bandwidth than HDMI 2.1 (and which can be converted to an HDMI signal with a simple dongle).

Looks like users can do just that.

> DisplayPort 1.4 output, which supports even more bandwidth than HDMI 2.1

That's pretty wrong isn't it? HDMI 2.1 does 48 Gigabit/s. DP 1.4 is ~26 Gigabit/s. I think they meant to compared it to HDMI 2.0 @ 15 Gigabit/s?

Are you aware of any new TVs that have a displayport? Genuinely asking since I haven't been very successful finding any.