Hdmi Vs Displayport

Displayport offers some good advantages over hdmi 2 0 but they mostly only apply if you want to daisy chain multiple monitors.

Hdmi vs displayport. Hdmi is a licensed brand and specification whereas displayport is a royalty free standard. But if you re one of the edge cases where you do need. Whether you want to use freesync or g sync monitor displayport will support both. While hdmi is only intended to connect one device to one display displayport can be used to connect the same device to multiple displays.

You re probably better off with hdmi in general simply because monitors with displayport dp in addition to hdmi tend to be more expensive. Both standards support hdr high dynamic range with its wider brightness and color gamuts but hdmi 2 0x only supports static metadata hdr10 while hdmi 2 1 and displayport 1 4a 2 0 both. In the future with the arrival of displayport 2 1 4k at frame rates of higher than 60 frames in true 10 bit color will be possible but only on a monitor that supports it. If you re looking to connect a computer to a tv or monitor your choices are hdmi displayport dvi and vga.

Hdmi also tends to work well over longer distances where displayport s resolution options decline once you get over 10 feet. In other cases if a monitor only gives you the choice between hdmi 2 0 and displayport 1 2 like. Which connection to choose. Both can carry hd quality digital video and audio signals including support for high bandwidth digital content protection hdcp which is required for certain types of drm protected hd or blu ray content and which is not supported by dvi.

That s probably why many of the display innovations like dsc g sync and freesync came first to.