alt Hacker NewsIt's not the connector, it's the communication protocol.
It's super lame though. It will be great to watch the downfall of HDMI Forum when their artificial dam against DisplayPort in the living room finally breaks.
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jsheard • 12/10/2025
> It's not the connector, it's the communication protocol
In particular the link training procedures needed to reliably push 48 Gbit/s over copper are probably very non-trivial, and could be considered "secret sauce".
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MBCook • 12/10/2025
Why would display port ever start taking over in the living room?
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What is the dam against DisplayPort anyway? I never see it on TVs for whatever reason.
Actually it’s a bit odd, in my mind DisplayPort is highly associated with quality. But I don’t actually know if it is the superior connector or if it just seems that way because monitors are usually better than TVs in every metric other than size and brightness.