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Who would want four HDMI ports but zero (mini)DP?
by hocuspocus 5y ago
Who would want four HDMI ports but zero (mini)DP?
- auxym 5y agoI'm not sure why, but DP seems to be on the way out. Anecdotally, I haven't seen DP ports on displays or laptops bought in the last year or two.
- danhor 5y agoOn Laptops: It's probably because all DPs are routed through the usb-c connectors. No one does hdmi over usb-c, so they're left-over.
- aksss 5y agoYou can do usb-c to hdmi with a dongle of course, so even if driving an hdmi display, usb-c will do that.
- hocuspocus 5y agoAll high-end monitors very much have DP ports. Same with graphics cards.
- aksss 5y agoDP is still king for graphics - better bandwidth, color depth, variable refresh rates, daisy chaining. The limitation is the cable length, where HDMI is way better, but this probably only matters for conference rooms and home theaters. Running laptops exclusively for years I had the same impression about the death of dp. Getting a rig (and high quality monitor) for gaming changed my mind about that. Also, as another said, dp is run out of laptops using USB-c and thunderbolt now. HDMI ports themselves are no longer needed so you won’t see those on laptops much longer, either.
- dkjaudyeqooe 5y agoSomeone who uses TVs as monitors, especially if you want 3 or 4 it's the most economical option. On a higher-end box no DP would be criminal.