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If TVs would have it that would be nice. I use a PC attached to my TV and don't have the option.
There was a panasonic (I think it was them) that had a Displayport connection, but that didn't last.
I suspect HDMI threatened to cut their licence if they kept putting DP on the TVs.
The lg oled screens from c1 and up all have displayport.
Currently using displayport with my pc on an lg c2.
It doesn't according to LG's product page at least.
Also, wtf is this spec:
As someone who owns an LG C1, not a single DP in sight.
Um. You got a picture of that plugged into the tv?
I've never seen that on the LGs I've seen, and I'm an AV technician.
I've been out of the field for a year or so but I had never seen DP on residential stuff either.
Broadcast and stuff like that, sure. But not on resi
I also have a C2 that I use with a PC and It does not have a single DP port.
TVs are not very good displays for computers. You have to go through a bunch of settings to turn off as much image processing as possible. Even then, the latency will still be higher than a gaming monitor. You have to disable overscan, which always seems to be on by default even though it's only useful for CRTs and makes absolutely no sense for a digital display with digital signals. Also, I've never had a single TV that will actually go into standby when commanded. It will just stay on with a no signal message when the computer turns off the output.
Mine doesn't have any of those problems. The only thing I had to do was ensure the input selection was set to PC.
But then I'm using it 90% to stream stuff that is web only and some occasional gaming with the bonus of being able to fill out forms, Google and do light note taking without getting a different device. My alternatives would be needing a laptop or tablet along with some streaming device.
Yeah most TV's I've seen either have a PC setting, or have a game mode that just turns everything off.
"Monitors" are smaller.
And the minimum cost of entry to anything reasonably sized is double to triple. Changing some settings is well worth it.