4w ago

port rule

for when you want both the open solution and the closed one

8 comments

_{I'm so sorry...}
Is this some fucked up Frankenstein's monster of both ports or is it just saying its a Display Port that can use a converter without having the proprietary parts get in the way
- Frankensteins monster of both ports. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9ZCjMtthqY
- It accepts both connectors. Yes, they are somehow real.
  
  I'm surprised the HDMI Forum is allowing this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZpHizpZSPQ
It's apparently real.
A port feared by IT departments and 'that family member that's good with computers' alike, as they spend the next decade explaining to various people that they broke their new computer's socket.
HDMI and DisplayPort are the same! That's how it was on my old laptop!
I've seen one of these before! It was on an older, tiny SFFPC I snagged from work a long while back. I didn't even know it was a thing but apparently it is

8 comments