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by eqvinox 659 days ago
While we're here, does anyone know why professional displays [e.g. https://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/27B1U7903_27/professional-mo... ] frequently have 2 HDMI ports and only 1½ DisplayPort? (½ for the Thunderbolt port) This feels like some kind of standard port combination… do the display driver ICs only have one DP port? Are they using TV silicon?

I know HDMI is used in some AV production setups, but that feels like a very small niche to justify having 2 HDMI ports on a display like this?

[I'd rather have 2 DP ports and only 1 HDMI… or no HDMI at all]