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Linux? display port if you have a high refresh rate high resolution monitor, hdmi doesn't let full features through on Linux because proprietary stuff.
windows and mac it matters a lot less
DisplayPort. It seems to be more reliably capable of pushing 4K/60Hz/10bpc, though I'm not sure that HDMI can't do that?
My understanding is it can, with caveats (mentioned above)
Personally I'm very content with 1200p/1600p and 60hz so I usually don't need to worry about video standards.
Oh, yeah, it probably can — my monitor might just not support a version of HDMI that's got that much throughput. (Which is Some Kind Of Choice, but!!)
Licensing choice.
HDMI basically exists to extract licensing money and try to implement HDCP.
Oh, no, I mean, on the part of the monitor manufacturer. Having an HDMI input that can't actually support the monitor's full capabilities is odd.
I would guess, but I'm not for sure, that the monitor manufacturer would have to pay more money to use a higher HDMI standard, purely in licensing. The manufacturer has to pay money to use HDMI at all, any device that has an HDMI in or out has to.
But, I believe there was a period of time where DisplayPort had more capabilities than HDMI, so it may just be that.
Yeah, that's entirely possible! It was a surprisingly good deal at the time, so they might've just cheaped out on that. 🤷
Knowing that Windows (10) treats a DisplayPort monitor that is turned off as if it was not plugged into the computer at all is convenient for me because that means my 3rd monitor that I only sparingly use doesn't cause problems when it is off.
Knowing that Windows (10) treats a DisplayPort monitor that is turned off as if it was not plugged into the computer at all is a god damned nightmare because anytime my main monitor loses signal or is off Windows tries to move everything onto my 2nd (HDMI) monitor and mess up all my window sizings and positions and sometimes cause windows to fall into the void.
That sounds very annoying! Would be surprised if there's absolutely, for sure no way (see: regedit hell) to make windows not do anything when the monitor configuration changes.
