HDMI is a licensed and proprietary standard that is currently available on most new home-theatre equipment. It allows for the combination of digital audio and video signals onto a single wire simplifying installation (theoretically, HDMI audio is notoriously difficult for end-users to configure) It's favored by the companies responsible for its development, which include Sony, Philips, and Panasonic among others as they own the rights to the specification and are not forced to pay royalties and licensing like outside vendors.
DisplayPort is an open standard created by VESA that is favored by most outside hardware vendors because its use is free substantially lowering the cost both of manufacture and to the consumer.
Both schemes include support for content encryption, which is why you shouldn't use either one. DVI provides adequate visual quality, does not support content encryption, and doesn't give content providers the option to obsolete your display at any time via HDCP.
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HDMI is a licensed and proprietary standard that is currently available on most new home-theatre equipment. It allows for the combination of digital audio and video signals onto a single wire simplifying installation (theoretically, HDMI audio is notoriously difficult for end-users to configure) It's favored by the companies responsible for its development, which include Sony, Philips, and Panasonic among others as they own the rights to the specification and are not forced to pay royalties and licensing like outside vendors.
DisplayPort is an open standard created by VESA that is favored by most outside hardware vendors because its use is free substantially lowering the cost both of manufacture and to the consumer.
Both schemes include support for content encryption, which is why you shouldn't use either one. DVI provides adequate visual quality, does not support content encryption, and doesn't give content providers the option to obsolete your display at any time via HDCP.