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[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

Really? I've had more trouble with DisplayPort since I keep forgetting about the locking feature and bust the jacket off.

I honestly prefer HDMI cables, but I hate the closed nature of the HDMI standard.

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have genuinely never had a HDMI or DP cable break on me, guess I'm lucky ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think I've had one HDMI connector get bent out of shape, and I've broken 2 or 3 DP cables due to the locking bit. And I've only been using DP for 5 years and have used HDMI for >10 (15?). The DP lock is solving a problem I've never had, while creating one I never considered to be an issue.

So I honestly prefer HDMI in general, and I'd have no reason to care about DP if HDMI standards people weren't such thugs. But alas, DP has basically won the PC, so I guess I'll get used to the clip.

[โ€“] aBundleOfFerrets 3 points 2 days ago

You can get DP cables without the lock

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