Well, the TV is the consumer of the signal, and the problem here is on the side of the producer (say, your laptop). Another comment elsewhere pointed out that b

Well, the TV is the consumer of the signal, and the problem here is on the side of the producer (say, your laptop). Another comment elsewhere pointed out that buying the right kind of DP-to-HDMI adapter works just fine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41391015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41391015