the only important difference is that HDMI has DRM, which the studios and people want for movies and stuff. off the top of my head, i can't think of a (legal) situation in which the DRM would get in the way. HDMI is much more established, so i don't know why we don't just use that.
because HDMI and HDCP is licensed with steep terms about protected path of sound and video to the port internally. It's wide spread for electronics but already maxed out with regular HDTVs.. and you have to pay a bunch of money to get your hardware certified to get the HDCP keys issued. For something as multi-use as a computer it's just not practical for everyday monitor use.
what do you mean not practical for everyday monitor use. It's a small adapter that's prevalent on quite a lot of equipment. And guess what, it supports HDCP too.
i completely agree with you. even dell, who was the driving force behind displayport adoption, makes hdmi ports available on their computers and monitors for compatibility. and they did not mess with the (already tiny) connector size despite being first to market with displayport
Simple, I think: money. The DisplayPort spec, has no licensing fees, and Apple can change the standard, offer no-fee licensing for now, then turn around and decide to charge for it later.
It's suprising, to me, to see so many HDMI supporters on Engadget simply because "it's more widely adopted." Am I the only person to have headaches switching inputs on the TV and having to unplug/re-connect the HDMI cable because the signal is lost from time to time, and it tells me to re-establish the connection? HDCP = not your friend. :( I'm more in favor of a connection that won't judge my connection; just send the video feed, and perhaps query for the proper screen resolution...don't try to DRM it up.
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We do have a universal standard. It's called HDMI. Now, why doesn't apple use it?
Hmm. The comment system seems broken - it forgets it's a reply if you change tabs. This was a response to Heshmati4 above.
'cause display port is better than HDMI and it's the future
the only important difference is that HDMI has DRM, which the studios and people want for movies and stuff. off the top of my head, i can't think of a (legal) situation in which the DRM would get in the way. HDMI is much more established, so i don't know why we don't just use that.
Because HDMI is a bag of hurt.
@steven, no Blu-Ray is. According to Jobs.
because HDMI and HDCP is licensed with steep terms about protected path of sound and video to the port internally. It's wide spread for electronics but already maxed out with regular HDTVs.. and you have to pay a bunch of money to get your hardware certified to get the HDCP keys issued. For something as multi-use as a computer it's just not practical for everyday monitor use.
what do you mean not practical for everyday monitor use. It's a small adapter that's prevalent on quite a lot of equipment. And guess what, it supports HDCP too.
@ xValentine
Yes. We know. That was the joke.
i completely agree with you. even dell, who was the driving force behind displayport adoption, makes hdmi ports available on their computers and monitors for compatibility. and they did not mess with the (already tiny) connector size despite being first to market with displayport
Simple, I think: money. The DisplayPort spec, has no licensing fees, and Apple can change the standard, offer no-fee licensing for now, then turn around and decide to charge for it later.
It's suprising, to me, to see so many HDMI supporters on Engadget simply because "it's more widely adopted." Am I the only person to have headaches switching inputs on the TV and having to unplug/re-connect the HDMI cable because the signal is lost from time to time, and it tells me to re-establish the connection? HDCP = not your friend. :( I'm more in favor of a connection that won't judge my connection; just send the video feed, and perhaps query for the proper screen resolution...don't try to DRM it up.