calangovirgin HDMI vs chad VGA
JelleWhoAdd the Displayport! Which doesn’t even allow hot-swapping, I keep needing to turn my computer off…
Sounds like an issue on your end, not on DP’s end. You can 100% just plug in a DP cable into a powered-on computer and have it work instantly.
Is it supposed to work, yes. But I’ve seen hundreds of computers not work right away and have to reinstall drivers, toggle things on and off swap the cords, then that cord work on another machine right next to it while the other cord worked in its place. Displayport should be great, but I’ve also seen ~20 of them just split and die at the end as well. Not the most durable, but that’s probably manufacturing issues.
AniviaThat said I currently have to work on a Mac mini at some times, and that uses usb-c to c… And I have to disconnect the cable and reconnect it after near every reboot to get the monitor to recognize.
Thats a known issue with the Mac Mini when using Monitors not made by Apple. I get the Sam issue when connecting my Monitor using HDMI to my M4 Mac Mini
It’s an issue with some monitors, i need to unplug them and plug back in because of the monitor sleep mode or something doesn’t talk right with the DP port in the computer
With me being a laptop user, the sense of pride and satisfaction I got after reading that will coast me through the whole day.
I have three laptops and two desktops i actively use lmao, they each have their purpose but yeah the dp cable thing is probably the dumbest thing i deal with my computers lol
I’ve never had this issue, could be a driver thing, but it’s not common.
Oh, you want to plug your own computer into your own TV using a cable you own?
Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask (and pay)?
Explain?
The HDMI consortium are shitheads who demand royalties, and all Linux PCs are gimped to not have modern HDMI features because of it.
versioncYeah, but unfortunately most TVs don’t support DisplayPort. Although that reminds me someone made patches to the Linux kernel to enable 4k@120 Hz without color degradation on AMD GPUs. I haven’t heard much about them since they were brought up in media, but if I recall correctly CachyOS included them in their kernel.
ripcordAre there many people that care about “high fidelity gaming” and HDMI features Linux can’t support - AND trying to play on a standard TV?
A big reason why Linux is popping off as much as it is lately, is because of HTPCs, so yes
bdonvrIDK I’ve got two 1440p monitors connected via DP. I can’t say I’ve encountered any fidelity issues.
I have a TV with every input including VGA. It is for gaming only at this point.
If HDMI falls off the shelf, it unplugs…
Vga falls off the shelf…
It could break your whole board on the display, the system, or both.
A static hang might “work” but that’s different than a drop.
If a standard doesn’t make sense, it’s usually because someone doesn’t understand it.
Then don’t use the screws.
Who screwed in vga carefully every time? Without the screws vga was worse.
You can get HDMI with a lock tab . I hate that too. Nothing worse than trying to reach behind a wall mount to squeeze the lock tab.
brapI did. Because something in me just won’t let something not be secured properly if a mechanism for it exists.
Sometimes you want it to disconnect instead of pull everything down with it if something gets caught on a wire.
Like a cat
wheezyAgreed. What mad man didn’t at least think “I’ll screw them in just a bit so it doesn’t fall out” and then just continue screwing it in all the way because of course you might as well finish.
Only time I didn’t screw it in was when I was using a monitor temporarily or something. Something I knew I’d just unplug later that day.
Did people really just plug in VGA to their computer and then leave in unscrewed for months at a time? That shit would fall out if I bumped into my desk too hard.
bonenodeIs it a fair comparison when VGA plugs came with screws pretty much by default? I think I have seen HDMI cables like that too, but if so then it is a much rarer find.
MinnesotaGoddamit’s the displayport that’s giving me trouble, not the hdmi.
TheReturnOfPEBHDMI also has a leaky hack
I mean… you have been able to do things like that for a long time. You used to be able to use cable toners to listen to conversations on analog phone lines for instance.
Hell, toner and probe is still a common diagnostic tool for telecom engineers.
As someone who worked IT help desk in the mid/late aughts: fuck VGA and DVI. Let them stay dead. If I had a nickel for every time I snagged one in a desk’s rat’s nest on every single USB or power cable while trying to route cables, I could build me a top of the line gaming rig with 2026 prices.
The RJ plugs are my least favourite. Still snags but the plastic bit that snags is feeble enough to break off easily, and then the plug doesn’t have anything holding it in to the port. And those covers usually make it harder to fit it through holes intended for ethernet cables as well as make it harder to unclip it from the port.
Killer57like the Cisco switch that needed to be recalled due to the placement of it’s reset button.
There’s really no excuse for that one
What about the slightly larger bonuses that quarter for the executives who had the outside-the-box and paradigm-shifting bright idea to eliminate the V&V department? HUH?
There’s probably a dusty old Ferrari buried in some retired rich guy’s 7th garage, and all the world had to suffer for it was a few fucked up networks here and there and losing the respect of IT people all over the place.
This hilarious Cisco fail is a network engineer’s worst nightmare
In 2013, Cisco issued a ‘field notice’ warning of a problem with its very expensive 3650 and 3850 Series Switches, used in many datacenters around the world. One of the problematic switches That field notice detailed a major problem with th
For that reason VGAs could make really good grappling hooks. 😂
Fun fact: The connector is called a DE-15, VGA is just the protocol using it in this application.
Not anymore it isn’t
To be fair, VGA had 2 big ass screws on each side to hold the connection in. If you tightened them all the way down, the VGA connector was essentially part of the fucking machine at that point.