On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 08:02:06PM +0100, Steve Wiseman wrote:
> On the subject of me despising HDMI - we do have on-chip composite &
> S-video, so low-budget monitor driving comes for free.  I continue to
> struggle to see why we want HDMI. It's extra silicon, extra cost,
> extra hassle. Someone, please make a use case.

Can you do enough of HDMI to do the DVI bits, without doing the HDCP
stuff, thus making it a bit easier? Or is it all or nothing?

Composite and S-Video are pretty dire options for video display; you've
you don't expect video to happen, but neither of these really count as
useful for monitor use these days, do they?

J.

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