Over the years, we’ve seen a good number of interfaces used for computer monitors, TVs, LCD panels and other all-things-display purposes. We’ve lived through VGA and the large variety o…
Anyway, yeah, HDMI was for “Home Theaters” and pushed by the industry that builds that kind of thing and DisplayPort is for computers, period.
Their featuresets reflect this well. It’s hard to declare one better than the other, because that depends entirely on the application. Some people think they would like a displayport-based home theater setup, but they don’t realize how many features HDMI has that they unknowingly rely on like auto lipsync, eARC, CEC, etc.
Their featuresets reflect this well. It’s hard to declare one better than the other, because that depends entirely on the application. Some people think they would like a displayport-based home theater setup, but they don’t realize how many features HDMI has that they unknowingly rely on like auto lipsync, eARC, CEC, etc.