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   🌊 Tempest :therian: :dragnowo: (tempestderg@bark.lgbt)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 12:29:13 JST 🌊 Tempest :therian: :dragnowo:

   Now that HDMI has rejected open-source, normalize DisplayPort on everything. It's open-source, the port is easier to plug in and locks into place, allows for video through USB-C (HDMI doesn't) and it supports the same high resolutions and refresh rates as HDMI. It should be way more common, at least on TVs, consoles, and laptops.

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     Wanja (muvlon@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 14:47:02 JST Wanja

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     • alcinnz

     @alcinnz @TempestDerg Yeah, DP definitely does not meet the bar for "open source", it's still proprietary just with more favorable terms than HDMI.

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     alcinnz (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 14:47:04 JST alcinnz

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     @TempestDerg Personally I'd prefer a spec which laypeople like myself had permission to read, but... DisplayPort might be the best option right now!

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     mmu_man (mmu_man@m.g3l.org)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 14:47:48 JST mmu_man

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     • Thom, a distro-agnostic tool

     @TempestDerg @thomholwerda except DP it's not as cool as it sounds, it does DRM as well…

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 16:48:56 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     • chx

     @izaya @TempestDerg @chx I had to regularly run 10m+ HDMI cables at one point, and it required a signal booster to actually be usable, so theoretical affordability of longer cables ends up not being that much of a killer feature.

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     Xeon² (izaya@social.shadowkat.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 16:48:57 JST Xeon²

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     • chx
     @chx @TempestDerg gonna be honest I'd never even considered a video cable that long, my TV computer lives under my TV, and has a like 50cm DP cable
     
     Guess if they're well-shielded you don't need to do anything to get longer cables though! How does it compare to DVI?
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     chx (chx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 16:48:58 JST chx

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     @izaya @TempestDerg I have certainly bashed HDMI more than once but let's face it: it allows for much longer passive cables which alas is a significant factor in home theaters. Like, you can get a 30ft HDMI cable for <$30 while such a cable in DisplayPort or USB C format is either active or optical and costs like $100+.

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     Xeon² (izaya@social.shadowkat.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 16:48:59 JST Xeon²

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     @TempestDerg there was never any reason to want to use HDMI, but now there's a real big reason not to want to, besides audio being flaky and wonky resolutions and a fragile cable and the lack of locking mechanism and-
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     Felipe (fbobraga@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Mar-2024 22:21:52 JST Felipe

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     @TempestDerg "HDMI rejected opensource" where?

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     Christopher Evans (becomingwisest@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 18:55:37 JST Christopher Evans

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     @fbobraga

     HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD

     https://www.phoronix.com/news/HDMI-2.1-OSS-Rejected

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     🌊 Tempest :therian: :dragnowo: (tempestderg@bark.lgbt)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2024 18:55:40 JST 🌊 Tempest :therian: :dragnowo:

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     • Felipe

     @fbobraga This. Basically meaning that Linux will never get HDMI 2.1 support.

     https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Mar-2024 11:30:40 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     @TempestDerg open-source

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