DisplayPort is the superior option for monitors. High end gaming monitors will have DisplayPort inputs.

Converting from DisplayPort to HDMI is trivial with a cheap adapter if necessary.

HDMI is mostly used on TVs and older monitors now.

ThatPlayer 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I'd say that's a more recent development though because of how long it took for DisplayPort 2 products to make it to market. On both my RTX 4000 series GPU, and gaming 1440p240hz OLED monitor, HDMI 2.1 (~42 Gigabit) is the higher bandwidth port over its DisplayPort 1.4 (~26 Gigabit). So I use the HDMI ports. 26 Gigabit isn't enough for 1440p240z at 10-bit HDR colour. You can do it with DSC, but that comes with its own issues.

Only now are DisplayPort 2 monitors coming out

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unsnap_biceps 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

HDMI is still valuable for those of us who use KVMs. Cheap Display port KVMs don't have EDID emulation and expensive Display Port KVMs just don't work (in my experience).

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Ardon 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

The only well-reviewed DisplayPort KVMs I'm aware of are from Level1Techs: https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/kvm

Not cheap though. And also not 100% caveat-free.

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unsnap_biceps 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

And even those still require a https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/dp-repeater-hdm... per port to make it so the computer doesn't detect the monitor switching away.

I have a Level1Techs hdmi KVM and it's awesome, and I'd totally buy a display port one once it has built in EDID cloners, but even at their super premium price point, it's just not something they're willing to do yet.

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mwpmaybe 3 days ago | parent [-]

I have Linux (AMD RDNA2), Windows (NVIDIA Ada), and Mac (M3) systems hooked up to my L1T DP1.4 KVM[1] without any other gadgets and they all work fine. What problem(s) are you trying to solve/did you solve with the EDID cloner?

1. https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/14-display-port...

	▲	unsnap_biceps 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Without the EDID cloner, when you switch the KVM away from the system, it receives a monitor disconnect event. When you switch it back, it receives a monitor connect event. There are OS settings that help make it so that the windows end up back where they started, but not all programs support this well. With a EDID cloner in place, the computer never detects that the monitor shifted at all and so nothing gets repositioned and apps just carry on.

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godman_8 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I have one and it still sucks. I ordered it after the one I bought on Amazon kind of sucked thinking the L1T would be better and it was worse than the Amazon one.

	▲	mwpmaybe 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Say more?

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einsteinx2 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Cheap DP to HDMI adapter cables are easily available if you need an HDMI port for that.