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[–] 47 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Beuh, fuck the HDMI forum. I hope the spec is leaked and somebody just makes a kernel module which implements it.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    I realize this is probably a solved problem for Windows pirates, but how do you trust the kernel if it's not from a legal reputable source?

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

    What makes a legal source reputable? Do you think Microsoft is "reputable"?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    Being reviewed and used by many people. So if it's just some guy releasing kernels by himself, then I'd be worried that it might include malware.

    I know Windows is garbage, but I assume the people pirating it don't see it that way, and do care about additional malware. So I'm curious how they approach this problem. Do they just not care about malware in their OS because it's already that bad?

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

    HDMI support can be released as a kernel module. It need not be an entire kernel. That can be put on a repository and reviewed, included in distribution, then built on installation using DKMS. That's how most opensource works.

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

    Ah OK. When you said the spec would be leaked, I mistakenly assumed lawyer problems.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Oh, for sure lawyers would be pissed, but DRM was cracked multiple times and ended up in distributions. H264 is patented and still linux distributions can use it. CDs and DVDs were ripped with opensource software after their encryption was cracked (master key retrieved from CD/DVD players) and that was also distributed in order to play them. Popcorn Time was hosted on github for a good while. There are many examples.

    If HDMI2 were leaked, I'm confident it would end up in a linux distro and there isn't much the lawyers could do. They could play whack a mole to take down the domains hosting it, but then somebody would just out it on a torrent or host it in a country that give a fuck about the lawyers and that would be that.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago
    [–] 43 points 11 months ago (16 children)

    Why even bother with HDMI??

    ooh I love to pay royalties to and get permission to use the technology and the trademark. /s

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

    It will be replaced by GDMI which the Chinese invented in the future anyway.

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (9 children)

    Find me a TV that's both designed for gaming and has a DisplayPort. Hell, find me any consumer TV with the port. Remember that the Steam Machine is intended for the living room big screen, not a 27" gaming monitor.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)
  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (3 children)

    Um, I said TV, and all three of these are monitors. Niche monitors at that too, none of them are even in stock.

    Furthermore, how many console gamers do you know who have a 55" Alienware monitor in their living room? I did say consumer TV as well, ya know.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    What is your definition of TV in this context? All of these are 55"+, some even show pictures of it in a living room...

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Look: It doesn't matter what you think is and isn't a TV, the fact of the matter is that the target market doesn't have one of these and doesn't care. They've got their $300 65" Hisense from Walmart, and guess what? Those TVs don't have DisplayPort. That's the point.

    Now please stop being a pedantic jerk just for the sake of a it and go away.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Aren't you literally being pedantic on the definition? They're both displays in the 55 inch range that can display media and are made for consumers.

    You're the one who keeps moving the goalposts.

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

    https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B015OW3GJK

    There's always this option, could even include something like it in the box.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    We need to stop using HDMI, we must force screen makers to switch to DisplayPort.

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

    What kind of cancer is this website? Some fukcing "pur" subscription required.

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