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minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·3 days agoNo, what allows this to exist is consumer complacency. If people refused to buy HDMI devices, they couldn’t sell them, and they’d stop making them. And then just everyone would use DisplayPort, which is the objectively superior standard anyway.
minus-squareeletes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoHow many TVs these days have DisplayPort? Should steam machine owners only play on monitors?
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoDepends on how you define a TV. But not many. For the reasons I stipulated in the comment you replied to.
minus-squarePeruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoThat’s really cool but what about supporting hardware that people already own is bad?
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoWho said it was bad?
No, what allows this to exist is consumer complacency. If people refused to buy HDMI devices, they couldn’t sell them, and they’d stop making them. And then just everyone would use DisplayPort, which is the objectively superior standard anyway.
How many TVs these days have DisplayPort? Should steam machine owners only play on monitors?
Depends on how you define a TV. But not many. For the reasons I stipulated in the comment you replied to.
That’s really cool but what about supporting hardware that people already own is bad?
Who said it was bad?