[PLUG] DisplayPort

[Paul Heinlein]

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Rogan Creswick wrote:

> I'm scoping out thinkpads, with a specific interest in video out 
> technologies, and I've seen DisplayPort come up a few times.  So 
> far, all I've gleaned is that it's a smaller connector that can 
> support some forms of DRM to prevent displaying on unauthorized 
> devices.  That doesn't sound particularly compelling, but I'm 
> curious if it has other benefits.
>
> Does anyone know what *is* compelling about DispayPort over HDMI / 
> DVI, and if there will be any driver/support issues associated with 
> using DisplayPort under Linux?

So far, my experience is that -- on a Linux box -- DisplayPort offers 
no compelling features nor any repelling problems. (Well, there might 
be overscan problems when connecting to a television using HDMI, but 
that's a different problem...)

It'd be cool if the machine's hardware allowed audio i/o over 
DisplayPort/HDMI, but that's not a widespread feature yet.

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