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China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Good point on Scart. DVI(-I/-D) would have been a better example than that.

I agree that each was an incremental improvement, but with how long it took for each of them to establish dominance and supersede the older standard, they might as well have been competing.

I still remember buying my kid a Wii, and you had a pick of composite, component, or S-Video. And that was nearly half a decade after HDMI was created...

The issue with HDMI and displayport is that they are largely the same thing.

Unfortunately, yeah. If it were up to me, though, HDMI would be phased out. With the exception of Audio Return Channel, DisplayPort can do everything consumer HDMI can do with higher bandwidth and without being encumbered by royalties.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

If it were up to me, though, HDMI would be phased out.

I agree. But sadly, the media market has standardized on it so it's here for a while. So for as long as there are TVs, we will have HDMI until they move to a new one.