Also, VGA cables have no damn HDCP integrated, so you can pass anything you want with them, contrary to HDMI and DP which both have “anti piracy” protection integrated directly into the cable, for your inconvenience.
In order to make a device that plays HDCP-enabled content, the manufacturer must obtain a license for the patent from Intel subsidiary Digital Content Protection LLC, pay an annual fee, and submit to various conditions. For example, the device cannot be designed to copy; it must “frustrate attempts to defeat the content protection requirements”; it must not transmit high definition protected video to non-HDCP receivers; and DVD-Audio works can be played only at CD-audio quality by non-HDCP digital audio outputs (analog audio outputs have no quality limits).
They do make HDMIs with locking screws, but no one really uses them as very few products have the screw holes for them.
Also VGA: Don’t forget to unscrew both sides of me at the same time if you ever want to free me again.
Also VGA: Don’t forget to unscrew both sides of me at the same time if you ever want to free me again.
HDMI was a mistake that never should have happened.
And don’t forget HDMI’s useless encryption to protect from piracy, the HDCP.
Your TV doesn’t support HDCP? Are you using some kind of convertor, HDMI switch, etc.? Shame. Worse case scenario, here’s an error message, buy a new TV hehe. Best case scenario: Here’s some 480p motherfucker.
Oh, your TV does support HDCP. Cool. But it’s only HDCP 1.4. Our appliance requires HDCP 2.2.
Anybody else think USB-C connector is even worse? Seems so flimsy…
Allow me to introduce to you the greatest connector since VGA:
this is actually a part of type c spec btw
there’s also a single screw version
