I thought they have to license the usage of HDMI so pay royalties to the HDMI foundation …
Comment on A DisplayPort Port That You Can Plug HDMI Into
warm@kbin.earth 8 months agoUnfortunately most get royalties from HDMI, so won't endorse an alternative.
WallEx@feddit.de 8 months ago
warm@kbin.earth 8 months ago
Who do you think setup and owns the HDMI foundation?
WallEx@feddit.de 8 months ago
So? I dont follow, how does that change things?
warm@kbin.earth 8 months ago
Youve lost me, why would the TV manufacturers who get royalties from licensing HDMI want to offer a free alternative?
tb_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The TV manufacturers own the HDMI foundation.
Other devices being “forced” to implement HDMI ports because every TV has them might benefit those TV manufacturers.
Not sure how exactly that would work, I assume it gives them some level of control/power.
Natanael@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
If they’re profiting more than they’re paying for maintaining this standard as the default then they don’t want it to change
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How much royalties do they get per sold item? I’m happy to pay the difference.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
i thought it was for Digital Rights Management so that you can’t record copyright stuff in pure quality?
SuperIce@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I don’t think so. As far as I can tell, HDMI uses the same HDCP as DVI and DisplayPort, so there shouldn’t be any difference when it comes to DRM.
warm@kbin.earth 8 months ago
I'm not sure the exact prices, probably varies with volume of products sold.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
So top comment means nothing
zelifcam@lemmy.world 8 months ago
warm@kbin.earth 8 months ago
Welcome to the world my guy. Little old me can't change it, but I can express my desire for it. You will see a lot of people doing the exact same thing across many many topics, luckily the port on the back of a TV is hardly an important issue for me to take the time to campaign further.
root@precious.net 8 months ago
It’s called preaching to the choir. We are not your target audience.
warm@kbin.earth 8 months ago
You are on a content aggregation site where people post opinions and discuss random crap, what are you expecting to see here???
GBU_28@lemm.ee 8 months ago
This Is common on Lemmy.
Systemic response to individual event