Why would you use any monitor connection that wasn't DisplayPort?

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I mean all modern GPUs have at least one DisplayPort connection (and normally more than one this might be normal sized DisplayPort connections or Mini DisplayPort but there really isn't much of a difference between them except that you might need an adaptor for Mini DisplayPort connections) and all modern monitors have a DisplayPort connection. So why would you choose to use HDMI when DisplayPort is the technically superior connection?

I can understand people who want to also plug a console (or consoles via an HDMI hub) into their monitor but that shouldn't stop them using DisplayPort for connecting to their actual PC.

DisplayPort has also supported full 4k at 60Hz for way longer than HDMI has and even modern AMD GPUs don't come with HDMI 2.0 so you are pretty much forced to use DisplayPort there anyway.

And for people with high end professional monitors like my main one with 10 bit colour (or even higher) DisplayPort is the only option that actually supports the higher colour quality.

So are there actually any reasons as to why someone would use HDMI (or even god forbid DVI-I / DVI-D or even worse VGA) over DisplayPort? Because from where I am standing if you have a choice of DisplayPort or something else the choice is obviously going to be DisplayPort.

 

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You serious??!!

Okaaaaaayyyy...... I use them because I currently have HDMI and DVI cables from all the previous incarnations of my PC, both of which work perfectly fine on my 1080p monitor and getting an unecessary brand new Display Port one would cost time, money and effort, none of which I can especially spare when considering my other, more pressing outgoings.

For some reason, I also feel I should be apologising *profusely* to you, for my crime of NOT owning a massive 4k monitor... I mean, the technology is currently available and (aside from severe lack of money) there's no good reason why I don't already own one, right... so on behalf of me, my wife, my bank manager, my employer and OCUK - Sorry I don't own kit fancy enough for your exacting standards of me.
I would suggest that, if I do not use what you think I should, then perhaps you should supply kit of a standard acceptable to you...

On a similar note, unless you drive/ride something that does 0-60 in under 3 seconds, I feel you should be offering a similar apology to all of us...
I mean, the ability to achieve such immense acceleration has been around and affordable since 1978 and my own example cost less than my PC... so what's your excuse?


TLR - You, sir, appear to have more money than sense and no appreciation for those of us more proportionately salaried... I politely suggest you refrain from exercising further judgement.


Disclaimer: Yes, I am making fun of the OP. Please don't ban me!

Wow. You accuse me of having more money than sense when a DisplayPort cable costs less than £10. I'm not rich but even I can afford £10.

This was simply a discussion as to why people use something that was superceeded technology when there are better options out there and that have been supported for years (just looked it up and the first DisplayPort specification was released in 2008).

As for apologising for not having a 4k monitor. What are you on about? I don't own a 4k monitor and can't afford one either. That doesn't mean DisplayPort doesn't have advantages over HDMI (or other display connection technologies) especially if you have a monitor with 10 bit or higher colour reproduction.

Edit: Just checked out the OCUK store and the cheapest monitor that comes with a DisplayPort connection costs £105. Not exactly expensive.

 

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It's more the arrogant and assuming sentiment behind it, however unintentional, that looks down on anyone who (for reasons not even considered) has not met the OP's idea of what they seemingly should have.

I think you are reading too much into it.

My question was why would you use anything other than DisplayPort with the sole intention of finding out why people would use something that is inferior to it and as to whether they had good reason to do so. Basically I was trying to learn if there were any good reasons to the decision that I hadn't considered.

But unfortunately there is always one (you in this case) who is unable to answer a reasonable question and dives off the deep and starts getting insulting for no reason. So well done for that. I hope being that way makes you happy.