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I strongly disagree with the basic thesis of this article. HDMI is better then displayport. DVI is better then HDMI. USB-C is a complete disaster (particular
by fake-name 3y ago
I strongly disagree with the basic thesis of this article.
HDMI is better then displayport.
DVI is better then HDMI.
USB-C is a complete disaster (particularly when trying to tunnel displayport).
I have an ongoing hypothesis that the general robustness and pleasantness-of-use of a computer interface which will be implemented by multiple separate vendors is inversely proportional to it's complexity. As the interface protocol gets more complicated, it inevitably winds up with progressively more terrible implementations.
As you add more vendors implementing the same protocol, or more features to the same protocol, the likelihood of two vendors or two implementations by the same vendor finding a corner case where they fail to interoperate properly approaches 1.
I use dell laptops at work. Dell cannot get their own laptops to tunnel displayport over USB-C reliably to their own dell branded docks.
Additionally, if you have an nvidia GPU, certain displayport errors will BSOD the entire computer. *Yes, plugging in a slightly misbehaving display can crash your computer entirely*.
Displayport is a nightmare from the consumer's perspective. Will two displayport devices properly negotiate <feature>? Who knows?