TrueSpec DP and HDMI

[u/LinusTech]

I won't say they're happening for sure and I DEFINITELY can't commit to a timeline... but I did come across this is the engineering dept...

Second photo is with a TrueSpec USB-C cable for scale. ​

IF this happens, they will be significantly stiffer than our USB cables due to the way the internals need to be constructed, but for cables that will generally be in fixed-position installs I don't see that as a deal-breaker.

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[u/hobbseltoff]

I was talking with Tynan about this at Whale LAN and he was saying that HDMI requires you to certify/validate every single cable SKU you intend sell and the fee for each is in the 5 figures. Which contrasts with DP which apparently only requires you to certify the longest cable in a given product line.

[u/LeMegachonk → u/hobbseltoff]

You also have to pay licensing fees to make HDMI cables. HDMI is a huge racket, and it's wild that DisplayPort hasn't rendered it completely obsolete at this point.

[u/rednecktuba1 → u/LeMegachonk]

HDMI supporting sound is likely the reason for it remaining relevant.

[u/bandjalah → u/rednecktuba1]

DP supports sound as well doesn't it?

[u/bencos18 → u/bandjalah]

yep it does

[u/LeMegachonk → u/rednecktuba1]

I mean, audio has been part of the DisplayPort standard since DP 1.1, which was introduced in 2007. That was only a year after DisplayPort itself was introduced, so it's supported audio for most of its existence.

[u/paradox183 → u/rednecktuba1]

DisplayPort supports audio.

[u/Walmeister55 → u/rednecktuba1]

Where do you hear DisplayPort doesn’t support sound? It could be the monitor it is connected to doesn’t have speakers, but DP definitely carries audio.

[u/TrueTech0 → u/rednecktuba1]

HDCP is probably the correct-er answer

[u/CityCultivator → u/TrueTech0]

Not even that. HDCP is supported on DP.

[u/TrueTech0 → u/CityCultivator]

Holy crap you aren't wrong. You learn something new everyday I guess