• renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net
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    10 hours ago

    I’m not sure where I got this idea, but I thought it was because Display Port doesn’t carry audio, and a single-cable solution was more appealing.

    But apparently Display Port also supports audio, just none of my devices seem to recognize it…?

    Apparently the only advantage of HDMI is ARC (Audio Return Channel), allowing devices to send audio back to the video source, which might be useful in some home theater setups.

    • Goun@lemmy.ml
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      8 hours ago

      Ohh TIL, thanks! I could count the times I needed the TV to send audio back to the home theater, like if I want to watch open channels or something.

      I think we could live without it, just plug an audio cable or something, fuck hdmi.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      9 hours ago

      I ruined my audio ports on my computer and now run my speakers through my monitor using DP, it works great!