HDMI vs DP

Minibiker · 10 Apr 2020 at 23:16

Hi all

So for years I've always thought HDMI was the better connection for my monitors however a lot of people I've spoke to have said they use Display Ports instead, Is there a big difference in these two connections and what are the benefits of one over the other?

At the moment I game on a Acer S240HL @ 60hz with a HDMI connection, looking to move up soon though, I'm not sure whether to go 1440p 60hz or 1080p 144hz

Any advice and info is much appreciated

Thanks

MissChief · 11 Apr 2020 at 00:17

So at the moment your HDMI connection is fine. It will run at 60Hz 1080p no problem at all.

This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Refresh_frequency_limits_for_standard_video Is a good chart to show that HDMI is good at 1080p for quite high refresh rates. Even up to 1440p at 120Hz as long as you have HDMI 1.4 or newer.

Eurofighter · 11 Apr 2020 at 07:55

They both work as well as each other assuming they are the high enough version for your resolution and refresh rate etc. HDMI carries sound also.

PCM2 · 11 Apr 2020 at 08:41

Eurofighter said:
HDMI carries sound also.

As does DisplayPort.

Eurofighter · 11 Apr 2020 at 08:41

PCM2 said:
As does DisplayPort.

Didn't know that.

Minibiker · 11 Apr 2020 at 08:49

MissChief said:
So at the moment your HDMI connection is fine. It will run at 60Hz 1080p no problem at all.

This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Refresh_frequency_limits_for_standard_video Is a good chart to show that HDMI is good at 1080p for quite high refresh rates. Even up to 1440p at 120Hz as long as you have HDMI 1.4 or newer.

Some interesting info in there thank you

Thanks for all the replies, very helpful and atleast I know I'm not missing out on anything using HDMI

EsaT · 11 Apr 2020 at 09:53

HDMI stands for license fee milking per every single device for lower bandwidth inferior tech connection.
Actually until HDMI's 1.3 version in 2006 it was lot slower than old pre Y2K DVI!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Specifications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Main_specifications

Minibiker · 11 Apr 2020 at 09:58

EsaT said:
HDMI stands for license fee milking per every single device for lower bandwidth inferior tech connection.
Actually until HDMI's 1.3 version in 2006 it was lot slower than old pre Y2K DVI!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort#Specifications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Main_specifications

Thanks bud I'll have a read through them pages, nice to have some knowledge on these sorts of things