It's cheaper to implement than HDMI. So if DisplayPort ports are common on displays, devices will start using it (cheapo devices first). If DisplayPort ports are common on devices, displays won't need HDMI anymore. Plus, industry-wide, it's wildly inefficient to have one high-bandwidth video connector for monitors and a different one for TV's when the technical distinction between those is pretty much non-existent and we could scale our engineering effort across a much wider set of devices.

So, after a transition period, cost-saving will eventually lead to DisplayPort taking over.

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mschuster91 3 days ago | parent [-]

> when the technical distinction between those is pretty much non-existent

I think CEC support is still spotty and ARC (audio return channel) isn't supported at all in DP.

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		Well, CEC is a huge mess and barely works[1]. You're right on ARC and eARC. I'd rather DP had a better version of both, but that wouldn't happen. [1]: If you have a stack that works, I'm happy for you, but trust you're just lucky to have a working combination.