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Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux (www.heise.de)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The HDMI Forum, responsible for the HDMI specification, continues to stonewall open source. Valve's Steam Machine theoretically supports HDMI 2.1, but the mini-PC is software-limited to HDMI 2.0. As a result, more than 60 frames per second at 4K resolution are only possible with limitations.

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[–] 101 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The people who block HDMI for Linux are also the people who make TVs and other media stuff. So you may not be able to use displayport or hdmi just because some rich people decided so to make more profit.

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  • [–] 42 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    This is what I said the other day about this issue. Good luck finding a decent tv with display port! Those fuckers are rare and expensive!

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    They are called monitors, and yeah expensive but then you don't get a "Smart TV" with tracking and bullshit.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Nor do you get TV tuners. While most geeks probably couldn’t care less, any associated family do prefer to watch Great British Bake-off as it airs.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Just told my elderly aunt to not buy a smart tv today!

    But do they make 40ish+ monitors?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    They do, but they much more expensive than a smart TV, even though they have less components.. Because a Smart TV is sold for less because its providing the vendor access to you as a product to all of their 3rd party partners.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I will add that you can also still get Westinghouse dumb TVs with included DVD player and USB video player, 3x HDMI and a tuner, but 1080p and Max 36"

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    This is big! Where can I buy one for my aunt‽ She needs a dumb TV that integrates with the Westinghouse infrastructure.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    This is the one I've gotten two of for kids playroom and bedroom.. They work great, old school simple tech.

    https://www.amazon.ca/Westinghouse-Parental-Controls-Non-Smart-Monitor/dp/B09QXYZB3Y

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It doesn't matter if you get one. They are the cheapest and best image quality TVs available, and many like Samsung's let you set them up without connecting to Wi-Fi.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, is a fucking sad state of affairs. I actually paid extra for my dumb TV, but then hooked up a jailbroken firestick so I guess I'm a hypocrite.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    I understand why, but you didn't have to. Many smart TVs let you set them up without Wi-Fi and just use the HDMI ports.

    Samsung, LG, and Google TV models do, but Roku and Fire TV do not.

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