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ugh! get RID of the VGA port!

Let's have 2x DVI ports for the time being (with a single VGA adapter) plus the DisPort and HDMI.
ERCAQL!

posted by : Kronk, 11 June 2009 Complain about this comment
@Curious

If you even bothered to read the previous posts and entail the entire context of my post you would realize i was talking purely about Displayport and not HDMI

Get your facts straight first and also Toslink/spdif has DRM that can be enabled to protect an audio stream its just a matter of consumer convenience since people like things that look good and neat but if it helps them with their DRM then they will obviously take that choice aswell as a cosmetic one to please the customers

posted by : Mauller07, 10 June 2009 Complain about this comment
HDMI...

...and its audio transport can be convenient in certain circumstances. Setting up an xBox360 triple-screen system for a trade show, I was able to run HDMI - AV receiver - monitor, and AV receiver - speakers, rather than separate cabling from 360 to AVR and 360 to monitor. Simplified setup, lowered clutter, etc.

DRM can bite my shiny metal ass, but audio and video transport on the same cable isn't intrinsically bad.

posted by : PeriSoft, 10 June 2009 Complain about this comment
@Mauller07

Everybody knows the reason HDMI has in-built audio stream is DRM, so the high definition audio is also protected by HDCP.
It has nothing to do with making your life easier, don't be naive.

posted by : Curious, 10 June 2009 Complain about this comment
Dual set-up

No reason you couldn't hook up a second display to the HDMI connector using a HDMI-DVI cable or a HDMI-DVI converter and your existing DVI-DVI cable. And that's assuming neither of your displays already has a HDMI connector of its own to start with...

If all else fails, most LCDs still include VGA connectors (and there are plenty of lower-cost monitors out there which *only* provide VGA), which I know from personal experience can provide a perfectly satisfactory dual-monitor setup alongside a DVI-native display.

posted by : Chris, 10 June 2009 Complain about this comment
Ill informed

for those ill informed the cable sends information in data packets like ethernet does alowing 2 way transmission across the same cable aswell as other data streams other then a pure video transmission.

audio being transmitted across the same cable is not a bad thing when you want to reduce clutter and have speakers built into a monitor or POS display, also with the 2 way transmission it allows webcams to be built into the monitor and transmit over the same cable, all of these things are good since display port unlike HDMI is also an internal interconnect technology and not just a peripheral connection tech which can help reduce the cost of displays and laptops, just read up a bit more on wikipedia or any other site before commenting, if anything even with this HDMI 2 with ethernet built in, Display port is still the better technology for the computer market just read more into it besides it being royalty free

posted by : Mauller07, 10 June 2009 Complain about this comment
Ill omen

You know something is VERY WRONG with the industry when a video cable needs to transfer audio...

posted by : Deimios, 10 June 2009 Complain about this comment
no dual set-up?

I am mistaken in thinking that that card has only one "proper" TFT connector?

hmmm......

posted by : I know, 10 June 2009 Complain about this comment

Sapphire shows off Displayport tech

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