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Discussion (6 Comments)Read Original on HackerNews

NooneAtAll3•9 minutes ago
Every time I hear about HDMI and amount of legalese problems around it, my response is "you can just use DisplayPort"
WithinReason•about 1 hour ago
This was previously blocked from inclusion in SteamOS by the HDMI forum. It would help the Steam Machine to each 4K120Hz on HDMI.
paol•29 minutes ago
It was blocked from inclusion in the AMD GPU drivers, it's nothing specific to Steam or the Steam Machine.

The HDMI Forum apparently forbids any open source implementation of HDMI 2.1. Although I don't know if they ever offered an official justification, for a group that exists to promote HDMI adoption, they're clearly morons.

account42•23 minutes ago
It's a group that exists to make sure that the standard works for all the members, including media companies that think they can control the flow of information. They don't need to promote HDMI adaption since their members already control pretty much all the TV production.
expedition32•4 minutes ago
If memory serves HDMI includes DRM which they don't want people to reverse engineer.
Aissen•23 minutes ago
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As the article says, they most likely changed their mind, probably following quite a bit of background discussions and industry influence.