A DisplayPort Port That You Can Plug HDMI Into

[tarvest]

My guess is that because HDMI is a proprietary standard, there may be licensing issues with creating an HDMI port that isn't specifically how HDMI wants it to be.

[siberx]

Whoever designed this device was clearly a fan of this sort of thing, because it also includes a whole bunch of those wacky dual eSATA/USB ports too. Honestly surprised it doesn't have some of those combo 3.5mm/SPDIF ports that put the optical transceiver in the back of the analog jack.

[milescarter]

This just in Xi3 is now banned from the HDMI working group

[BigRigCreates]

No. This is illegal. I'm calling the cops.

[Siktah]

I swear 15 years ago I was selling PCs at a store that had that combo port. It got me in trouble as I was new to it all and then assumed every DP port was HDMI compatible so would tell people to buy whatever cable they wanted for their DP ports "yeah bro, HDMI fits 100% maybe you just have to force it a bit".

[hydroponicgard]

I might be wrong on this, but DP doesn't require license vs HDMI. Hence it not being common/DP being more common nowadays on PC hardware.

[serqetry]

These ports should be on everything, they would help send HDMI to the dustbin of history where it belongs.

[brianhunt]

Displayport has interoperability modes for DVI and HDMI. I didn't think they were pin compatible but the DP to HDMI and DP to DVI-I adapters are passive. The DisplayPort does all the magic. For DVI-A or VGA Displayport has those analog signals as well where HDMI doesn't.

[UnNamedGuy]

We require these on modern graphics cards, so you don't have to worry if the monitor you buy has DisplayPort and HDMI. All you need is an HDMI or DisplayPort cable and you're ready to go. This should become an standard like this is just so smart. Imagine seeing and ad that is like "You have One HDMI and Three DisplayPort connectors on your Graphics card not anymore because this new (Put Graphics card brand and model here) Has four 2 in one port that can accept both DisplayPort and HDMI buy (Put Graphics card brand and model here) now for only (Put pirce here)"

[StillConfusing]

the reason this isn't done more often is cuz HDMI sucks ass (the people that run it), they make you pay a license fee for every HDMI port,

also they blocked AMD's opensource HDMI implementation

[incubrian]

i give you a thumbs up for making this a 2 minute video instead of 20 mins with swooshing title intros and bloaty narration. you are like this port. awesome.

[PrimeSonic]

HDMI and DisplayPort are electrically compatible with simple adapters.
Heck, I even have cables that are HDMI and one end and DP on the other.
So while this isn't that mind blowing, it is really cool to see that someone found a way to make a port that accepts both connectors.

[acf]

DisplayPort Dual-Mode (DP++) is quite common but it requires a passive adapter. This is taking things one step further.

[domdf]

I found what I think it the same connector, from REGO out of Taiwan. They call it "HDMI/Display Port 2 in 1 Connectors"

[joedigiorno]

about a year ago i was working for an automation company that used industrial mini PCs, from a company called DFI. they had these little combo ports and i was just as surprised! only bummer is it didn’t work with certain monitors, never figured out if it was a DFI exclusive problem…good video!

[JBrinx]

Would allow for DP on TVs. That would be super nice.

[Chickenbreadlp]

DP is natively compatible to HDMI btw. Any DP port can do HDMI, as long as you give it a passive pin to pin adapter (with a resistor on the adapter detect pin to tell the GPU this port is in HDMI mode)
So what I assume is different about this one is that, besides having shaven off some or the plastics of a DP port to fit an HDMI cable, is that it has a switch that detects if the cable plugged in is slightly smaller (aka an HDMI cable) and automatically does the switching that a passive adapter would normally have to do...
Kinda funky tbh. Tho as others mentioned, DP is an open standard, while HDMI requires licensing fees, so the passive HDMI compatibility on a DP port always depends on what the GPU manufacturer/driver has built in and isn't necessairly linked to the DP spec of the same port... (and some might opt to drop HDMI compat to save costs, in which case an active adapter is needed)

[Frieze_XD]

WHY DON’T ALL GAMING LAPTOPS HAVE THIS???

[Daktyl]

It’s really neat, but these days DP-over-USBC is easier and better than a weird combo jack especially on SFF computers and laptops

[wadewilson]

Hey, you leave Brenda alone.

She's doing her best, alright.

She's had a lot on her plate since her Dad's surgery.