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Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama. (arstechnica.com)
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Valve tells Ars its “trying to unblock” limits caused by open source driver issues.

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[–] 20 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Yes, as the standard is more or less open source. There are no barriers to entry.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    That's what I suspected. So rather than fighting HDMI, we need to buy display port instead.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Have you looked at the HDMI Forum member list and board of directors?

    It includes pretty much every manufacturer who makes decisions which ports to include on their devices. They have no interest in DisplayPort adoption.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    I had a little scroll through yeah. They may not be interested in display port, but they're sure interested in money. That's why I suggested people by stuff with display port, rather that try to fight to have HDMI more open.

    I appreciate AMD trying to improve HDMI openness, they've always been more open. That's why I've bought AMD oven Intel and nvidia for the last 10 years or so.

    All we can do as consumers is vote with our wallets. That's all these companies care about.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Except it's not on any TVs.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I thought you can connect DP to HDMI with a simple cable, no adapters needed?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    With VRR?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I don't know, can you? Do many TVs support VRR through HDMI <-> HDMI connections, but not DP <-> HDMI?

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