HDMI 2.1 finally on Linux?!

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Again, we need an "off-topic" category in these forums.

Anyway - fabulous news in what has been a pretty dreary start to the year for Linux (apart from Steam stats)...

The conspirator in me thinks this is due to:

  1. it was close to getting reverse-engineered anyway.
  2. 2.1 spec was leaked anyway :smiley:
  3. 2.2 exists
  4. the Chinese have developed an alternative to HDMI.

next up... HDMI 2.2 :person_facepalming:

HDMI forum can just disappear in the next science fiction disaster.

If you haven't heard of the Chinese potential competitor: GPMI - Wikipedia

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This is fantastic news and affects my "home entertainment system", which runs on Zorin_OS 17.3 and connects to 55" TV screen (I made my Smart TV dumb, :see_no_evil_monkey: :hear_no_evil_monkey: :speak_no_evil_monkey: lol), via HDMI 2. I didn't put two and two together, although I had heard about the HDMI forum blocking... ... etc.. Now, thanks to your post, I realise I need to upgrade to Zorin_OS 18.1 to be able to benefit, when everything is released, if it's not already available.

So, @d-man, while I fully agree with you that this forum needs "Chat About Linux", off-topic section, your post has direct information regarding improving my Zorin_OS based "HES". Thank you! :smile:

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Let's not forget that we owe access to DVD peripherals thanks to a Nordic teenager who was put under house arrest for reverse enginerring.

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I've used HDMI for years with older monitors. However, once I got my 4K monitor with 144 hertz, I finally got with the program, and use Display Port. For me, HDMI 2.1 came too little, too late.

In the convo about movie players. I couldn't believe how so anti PC corporations were, when it came to computer's. You can buy a blueray player for a TV, but forget getting one for a PC, you'll be treated as a pirate, and can't watch movies you paid for.

In the early 2000's DVD era, many of us had fun watching DVD movies on our computer. They usually had extra goodies for people to see or play, for those who used computers as well, it felt encouraged then! Once those Blueray became a thing however, all that changed, they madee it as difficult as possible, corporations hated computer users by that time.

Welle, jokes on them aint it. Selling of movies and shows on Blueray medium, is at an all time low these days, so much so, Sony put out a post, that they made the decision, to stop producing blank Blueray media disks. This is all because, everybody streams content now days. The quality is usually good enough for most people. Blueray not needed, take that greedy citizen hating production company people!

The reality is, the more they fight, the worse it gets for them. Just like Star Trek Starfleet Academy, literally the worst ST show made in history. All time low ratings, and the production company thought they could sail that garbage, but they thought wrong. Produce garbage, receieve garbage ratings, nobody gonna care.

Reality, what a concept.

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haha, nice. btw, KDE Plasma is developing a "big screen" mode. I hear it's in Plasma 6.7 if you wanted to explore the beta. It might work nicely for TV purposes.

I'm very interested in getting a SteamBox for my TV. I have a PVR/DVR (video recorder), and it's pretty good, but it can't encode or decode 265 or AV1, so i'd like to replace it. But PVRs are dead, i'm not even sure if they can be purchased anymore. I figure a SteamBox with PVR capabilities would be perfect.

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And we shouldn't forget people in communal or minimal housing. Desktop/laptop-delivered TV/DVD/Bluray is very real.

I'd pick DP too, if it were an option. I'm not sure if either my AVR or TV support DP. Both are pretty old. The TV is approaching 20 years old (2008 purchase).

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Not quite dead. Still fairly popular in UK. https://manhattan-tv.com/

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Yes, they're still around, but not very common any more. I guess the combination of streaming and, eh-hem, other means to watch video content has considerably reduced their appeal. Back in the day, if you had a TV, you had a video recorder/player. I'm sure we can add to the list the falling (fallen!) quality and standards of broadcast television.

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actually @d-man there is (in a way) an off topic area its called The Lounge but you need to make Regular status to see it tho...

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Yeah, it's pretty restrictive. I'd argue too restrictive.

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i got it in a day with just doing basic stuff reading the forum rules reading alot of posts and clicking the heart to get to think it was 30 likes and posting and getting 20 back then coming in everyday till day 100 reading at minimum 25% of all the posts I did have the 100 days done at that point tho

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I had admission to the Lounge revoked after I didn't log in for a while, it's never been reinstated. It's a shame because I'd be here a lot more if I still had access. :thinking: :woman_shrugging:

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I belive if you log in everyday for abit...not sure how long tho it will return

This explains how to get back to trust lvl 3 after demotion and why this happens
these rules are not set by zorin but how the forum works overall

it applys to any forum by any OS in most cases

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This didnt happen on the old forum though. This is a modern forum thing, auto demoting you for inactivity, which serves no purpose but to annoy the user. This issue has been brought up to the owners attention, but as usual with everything, they choose to ignore it. Visiting the site everyday or every 3 days, should keep you in good standing however.

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But you only created one post in the lounge all the time, and there's usually not much going on in the lounge...You're not missing much.

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Yes, the lounge is pretty dead usually. Another one of the owners bright ideas, keeping off topic chats from average public view, since most newbies, post about an issue their having, and then go. All it really did, was cause people to post off topic chats, in the Chat About Zorin forum, as everyone has access to it.

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You're right. That is all I had the chance to do. I took a break from going online and when I came back I no longer had an option. Never mind, from the replies, it's nothing special but I think it is strange that the option appears to have gone forever, thats all.

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You can get it back when you're very active in the forum. It is not gone forever.

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Oh, ok! I didn't know that! Thank you.