| 15 Jan 2024 |
 K900 | Ever wondered why all the GPUs used to have two HDMI ports and now have one? That's why | 22:51:42 |
| K900 | But the HDMI Forum is a benevolent deity, so they offer you a deal - you can pay half price per connector, as long as you put the HDMI logo on your product | 22:52:38 |
| K900 | "But I was going to do that anyway, so my users know they can use HDMI cables with it", you say | 22:53:02 |
| K900 | Oh sweet summer child | 22:53:06 |
 @beastiefish:logografos.com | Are those people insane? 💀 | 22:53:23 |
 raitobezarius | and that's why we have DIsplayPort | 22:53:49 |
| K900 | The HDMI logo Is licensed separately. How much is it, you ask? The answer, as always, is "lol" | 22:53:43 |
| raitobezarius | * and that's why we have DisplayPort | 22:53:55 |
| K900 | But wait, what if a nefarious evildoer licenses the HDMI logo and puts it on a product that doesn't properly implement HDMI? | 22:54:21 |
| K900 | Well, the HDMI Forum has you covered - before you can put any logos on anything, you must certify your device as compatible | 22:54:50 |
| K900 | Who does the certifying? You guessed it, the HDMI fucking Forum, and you best believe it will cost you extra money | 22:55:19 |
| raitobezarius | what if the device didn't implement HDCP!!!! | 22:55:23 |
| K900 | I'm not sure if that's still the case, but you used to get another discount if you implemented HDCP | 22:55:56 |
| raitobezarius | I guess now you have to have HDCP, it's not bonus | 22:56:15 |
| K900 | Except guess what, HDCP is a separate spec, with a separate buy-in AND separate per-device royalties, so you end up paying more anyway | 22:56:25 |
| raitobezarius | oof i didn't know that | 22:56:34 |
| K900 | Oh yeah, ever wondered why your TV only has eARC on one port? | 22:57:30 |
 FavoritoHJS | ...no? | 22:57:50 |
| K900 | Yep, another separate spec, with another separate fee, again per connector, and separate cert | 22:57:54 |
| K900 | ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET | 22:57:59 |
| raitobezarius changed their display name from raitobezarius to raitobezarius (K900 as chairfolk of HDMI forum when). | 22:59:19 |
| K900 | I've never been personally involved in the process of shipping a device with HDMI on it (thank god for that), but I know people that did and I think I can trigger a full on PTSD flashback in every one of them by just saying "HDMI 2.2 will have a new licensing structure" | 23:00:17 |
| raitobezarius | I think you have the talent to do HDMI 2.3 | 23:00:53 |
| raitobezarius | with a new licensing structure | 23:00:59 |
| FavoritoHJS | and what happens if you just... don't go to the forum?
will the inevitable lawsuit be cheaper than actually selling your soul to the Forum? | 23:01:14 |
| raitobezarius | you cannot really sell on normal markets your shit | 23:01:37 |
| raitobezarius | in some flea market in shenzhen you can probably | 23:01:49 |
| K900 | Oh yeah forgot to mention the actual HDMI wire protocol is EXTREMELY CURSED | 23:02:30 |
| K900 | It's basically just DVI-D overclocked beyond all reason | 23:02:44 |
| K900 | There is no framing layer | 23:02:50 |
