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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Ethernet over HDMI does exist as a standard, but iirc it requires the device manufacturer on both ends of the cable to have a special implementation, and also requires a special cable that has the Ethernet data lanes included. I’m not sure any modern displays implement it anymore, it kinda died because it sucked and wasn’t that useful.

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xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Ethernet over HDMI

Thanks for this. Looks like it’s a rare protocol.

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If you have an HEC-compatible device, it will most likely be self-described somewhere in the user’s manual. Unfortunately, this technology is rarely implemented, and you would be hard-pressed to find a device that uses HEC. Through our research, we were unable to find any modern consumer device that uses HEC.

I am slightly relieved.

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Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
They can barely make the other device turn on reliably, let alone have enough planets aligned to let the other device access the internet.

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- empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  me when i am in a “build an unusuable standard” competition and my opponent is “literally any consumer electronics manufacturer”
  
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imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
We already have charge-only USB cables. Near future will be video-signal-only HDMI cables. What a world to live in.

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