[Discuss] Large DVI monitor

[matt at mattshields.org (Matt Shields)]

2011/8/8 Edward Ned Harvey <blu at nedharvey.com>

> > From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> > bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Shirley M?rquez
> > D?lcey
> >
> > DisplayPort never really caught on with
> > anybody other than Apple, and it strikes me as a standard that has no
> > good reason for existence; what technical advantage does it have over
> > the more widely adopted HDMI? (I'm prepared to be enlightened if it
> > actually has one.)
>
> What, you mean like firewire vs usb?  Like thunderbolt vs usb3 or 10Ge or
> 6Gb eSATA or any other low-cost high speed bus?  I love the marketing sham
> of the thunderbolt cable with chips inside of it.  Because supposedly
> that's
> necessary in order to get 10Gbit across the link...  ;-)  Like a Cat 6
> cable, or an eSATA cable for $6.   ;-)
>
> Yes, there is a reason for the existence of these things.  Apple makes more
> money if consumers believe there is a reason to buy them...  So it doesn't
> matter if there is any actual benefit...  It's marketing.  Just like so
> many
> of their other products.
>
> FWIW, I just looked it up, and HDMI can transport 10Gbit just like
> thunderbolt.  There's some sort of 8/10 encoding overhead, I suppose that
> must be error detection, so the actual payload is 8Gbit.  This includes (I
> forget now) ~34 Mbit for audio or something like that.  And supports
> resolutions up to 4k x 2k
>
> Oh, here's the perfect example.  This is a 10ft cable that supports 4k x
> 2k,
> and 10Gbit.  Goes for $4.97.  You can clearly see that Apple would not make
> any money selling something that competes with this.
>
> http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=102
> 4008&p_id=3993&seq=1&format=2
>
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For me the beauty of the DisplayPort is that it's very small and offers
multiple connection types via a small adapter (vga, hdmi, dvi).  I've always
hated the huge vga or dvi connectors on laptops.  On my MBP I have one tiny
slot which has numerous possibilities.  If I could upgrade to ThunderBolt I
would but I guess I'll have to wait for a new MBP.

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