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Why is having a "dedicated" HDMI port a good thing? Do you understand that USB-C is also an HDMI port and you just need a USB-C to HDMI cable if your monitor/t

Why is having a "dedicated" HDMI port a good thing? Do you understand that USB-C is also an HDMI port and you just need a USB-C to HDMI cable if your monitor/tv doesn't have yet the USB-C port (which they are starting to come with)? What's so good about having a port that can only serve one purpose and not be generic purpose? What if you want to connect two monitors to a computer? What if instead of a HDMI port you need to plug another Ethernet cable or another USB hard drive? Are we going back to the times where we had a single serial port at the back and we used those switchers (mechanical ones, for those who remember the stuff)?

thrower123 8y ago
> Do you understand that USB-C is also an HDMI port and you just need a USB-C to HDMI cable if your monitor/tv doesn't have yet the USB-C port (which they are starting to come with)? Yes. But I have tons of perfectly good legacy equipment, and no incentive to go buy a whole raft of new cable or dongles. > What's so good about having a port that can only serve one purpose and not be generic purpose? In an ideal world, sure. But in the real world, we've already got a clusterfuck of different cables and ports that all say that they are USB-C on the tin, but have wildly different capabilities in practice. If I've got ports that are special purpose, they might as well advertise the fact - Ethernet goes in the RJ45, display out goes in the HDMI, power goes into the power adapter. Of course I also like having lots of ports, so in addition to power, HDMI, Ethernet, 3.5mm audio in and out, SD card reader, I look for 4-6 USB A ports. A 17" screen and a dedicated graphics card are nice. I'm not really a ultrabook person...