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why don't TVs have DisplayPort inputs?
i mean, many have VGA and HDMI, some even have DVI. but none of them that i've found have DisplayPort.
is there something different DP does that TVs just cannot handle?
and yes, i realize that monitors are designed for computers, but in this day and age where we strive for a singular entertainment system, what if i DON'T want several displays, and DO want to manage multiple sources by remote control on a single screen?
can nobody on this site answer a question without analyzing it instead?
MOST computers (especially gaming computers) come with DisplayPort outputs, and very few have HDMI (although a few do). but DisplayPort has MUCH higher bandwidth than HDMI, and even the most expensive TVs touted as "Gaming TVs" do not have DisplayPort as an option.
my question was, "WHY?".
not "what are my alternatives?". i want to know why no TV comes with DP, even in just one model...
3 Answers
- keerokLv 74 months ago
The Display Port (DP) was supposed to replace the VGA port but it didn't take off. HDMI stood ground. Luckily, DP is backwards compatible with HDMI and DVI. You can use a DP to HDMI adapter to make use of the DP port. However, ideally video and sound should work but in reality only video gets through.
- Spock (rhp)Lv 74 months ago
so you use HDMI -- many modern tvs have multiple HDMI inputs. offhand, and without checking, i'd bet that DisplayPort is proprietary and requires payment of a license fee while HDMI either does not or is cheaper
- Anonymous4 months ago
It's not that DisplayPort does things TVs "can't handle", it's that it doesn't do anything that is USEFUL for what TVs do. HDMI does everything a TV needs; DisplayPort adds nothing over HDMI that TVs are designed to take advantage of.
The first thing DisplayPort is intended for is high refresh rates. TVs do not need high refresh rates. Movies and television shows are filmed at 24 frames per second. Even YouTube doesn't support above 60 FPS, which is what most TVs run at natively. And only recently have video game consoles supported more than 60 FPS. HDMI supports up to 120 Hz, so even if your TV runs at more than 60 Hz, this is a non-issue.
The second thing DisplayPort is used for is daisy-chaining displays. Like you said, you don't want several displays, so this is a useless feature to you and probably most people's living room setups.
"what if i DON'T want several displays, and DO want to manage multiple sources by remote control on a single screen?"
Then you buy a TV with multiple HDMI inputs, or an HDMI switch, like people have been doing for the last 20 years. In fact, depending on how one interprets that question, that is actually something that DisplayPort can't do.