alt Hacker NewsIt's about time somebody does some reverse engineering and just uploads the needed stuff online to make HDMI 2.1 work in Linux. It's getting absurd at this point. TV's need to start including Displayport, HDMI is a giant pain in the ass for gamers.
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TFA says that AMD has a working 2.1 driver, but the hdmi forum goons rejected it.
I'd rather buy a 65-75" computer monitor and put it in my living room.
I just don't care about the other things in a TV - I don't want smarts, I don't want speakers, I no longer need a tuner.
Isn't HDMI held by TV manufacturers who are looking to make some extra bucks on the side getting a utility from cables/monitors/GPUs? I don't think they would intentionally nuke this revenue stream.
I'm not a gamer, so honest question: what is PITA with HDMI for gamers?
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Well HDMI is better than all the standards I used before it. Never did something with DisplayPort but for what I can tell it's Apple related (right?). I used DVI-I, DVI-D, VGA, and even old stuff in the past.
Not to mention, DisplayPort is the superior standard over HDMI in both technological terms as well as it being royalty free.