Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:25:46 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD && HDMI TV Message-ID: <50776.1352197546@tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <20121106083949.GA1123@tiny.Sisis.de>
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In message <20121106083949.GA1123@tiny.Sisis.de>, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: >My question related to FreeBSD is: can I connect this somehow via an USB >HDMI adapter... I confess that I am somewhat shocked to learn that such things even exist, and even a bit more shocked to think that people actually buy them. Why would you do that? I mean as opposed to buying a VGA to HDMI adapter, or just going and buying a new laptop with HDMI output? (There are some inexpensive ones on eBay that I've been looking at. I would be happy to point you at some, if you are interested.) I am kind-of thinking that if your USB->HDMI adapter only speaks USB 2.0 then it might be sort-of limiting, you know, bandwidth-wise, and you may perhaps not be entirely happy with the (displayed) results. USB 2.0 -> 480mbps (theoretical max) USB 3.0 -> 5 Gbit (theoretical max) DVI single-link -> 3.96 Gbs (theoretical max) HDMI 1.0/1.2 -> 4.95 Gbps (theoretical max) HDMI 1.3 -> 10.2 Gbps (theoretical max)
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