riahc3 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hello, Which? DisplayPort or High-Definition Multimedia Interface? (Ive made this thread as neutral as possible. State your reasons why you choose one over the other) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted February 13, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 13, 2014 Thunderbolt! The Evil Overlord 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I use HDMI because my monitor doesn't have DP, but my next monitor will. DP is royalty free so it makes my kit cheaper and doesn't have any useless crap nobody uses like ethernet support and so on. It can also chain for multiple monitors instead of needing them all connected to the card. Dockport also looks pretty sweet for laptops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 For simple video signals (like you use PC monitors): DisplayPort. For anything where you need more, HDMI is pretty cool. CEC and the whole digital audio system that come with HDMI are nice and work well. Basically, PC to monitor: DisplayPort. Anything to TV: HDMI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hello, I use HDMI because my monitor doesn't have DP, but my next monitor will. It's royalty free so it makes my kit cheaper and doesn't have any useless crap nobody uses like ethernet support and so on. I think I misunderstood you: DP is royalty free, not HDMI. And Im not sure if its a monitor issue; Its more if graphics card support it or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Either one, use whichever you have the cable for and your devices support would be my suggestion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 HDMI wherever possible. VGA And DVI (or whatever it's called) when hdmi isn't possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr_dRock Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hellom I think I misunderstood you: DP is royalty free, not HDMI. And Im not sure if its a monitor issue; Its more if graphics card support it or not... What's this about royalties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hello, What's this about royalties? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free#Computer_standards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 For simple video signals (like you use PC monitors): DisplayPort. For anything where you need more, HDMI is pretty cool. CEC and the whole digital audio system that come with HDMI are nice and work well. Basically, PC to monitor: DisplayPort. Anything to TV: HDMI. DisplayPort can do CEC and does digital audio as well. Hello, I think I misunderstood you: DP is royalty free, not HDMI. That is what I meant, yes. I reworded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr_dRock Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hello, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free#Computer_standards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Cost Huh, interesting. I did not know that. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Hello, Huh, interesting. I did not know that. Thanks for sharing! You are welcome. Everyone learns something new everyday :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech085 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I choose displayport since is newer conntector and I think anyway IMHO is a better way to connect the display don't care for hdmi that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 In trying to connect my 32" 4K display I found that it would take 2 HDMI connectors to view 4K at 60Hz but only one DisplayPort connector. I'm not sure if that's because it handles more bandwidth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted February 14, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 14, 2014 DisplayPort, HDMI is ok but I have no idea why you'd want to use it over DisplayPort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 In trying to connect my 32" 4K display I found that it would take 2 HDMI connectors to view 4K at 60Hz but only one DisplayPort connector. I'm not sure if that's because it handles more bandwidth HDMI 1.4a can do 4K on one connector, but only at 24hz on say a GTX 680, but I don't know about anything higher, it's going to depend on the video card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 HDMI 1.4a can do 4K on one connector, but only at 24hz on say a GTX 680, but I don't know about anything higher, it's going to depend on the video card. Yes, that's correct. One HDMI will 4K at 30Hz and 2 will do it at 60Hz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Fahim S. MVC Posted February 17, 2014 MVC Share Posted February 17, 2014 DisplayPort all of the way - all other connection standards on PCs really need to die - especially DVI and VGA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted February 17, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted February 17, 2014 Interesting results! HDMI came up on top back in 2008 in a similar poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Hello, Interesting results! HDMI came up on top back in 2008 in a similar poll. Thats because DisplayPort was a Apple pushed technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I went with HDMI, simply because I had cables and my gfx card doesn't have a DP connector. I wish both connections would be standard on monitors and gfx cards, or at the very least, one of them become the actual standard. The_Decryptor 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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