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		themafia 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for ... How quickly everyone forgot DVI-D. Aside from non-RGB modes, hey, it's almost _exactly_ HDMI.

johncolanduoni 4 days ago | [–]

That’s true for earlier iterations, but definitely not for an actual HDMI 2.1 signal. I think you can still connect to a DVI-D monitor and the source will automatically downgrade, but I haven’t tried it in a very long time.

samplatt 4 days ago | [–]

DVI-D doesn't carry audio; HDMI can do a bunch of uncompressed channels simultaneously.

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