DisplayPort is a digital display interface primarily used to connect a video source to a display device (like a computer monitor or television). It can also carry audio, USB, and other forms of data.

If you connect a Mac to an external monitor using HDMI or DisplayPort, you’ll often lose the volume controls on your keyboard. Depending on how you use your Mac, this can be kind of annoying. Here’s a ...

HDMI excels for media consumption, while PC gamers prefer DisplayPort.

Two of the most common video interfaces for transferring high-quality audio and video signals from an output device to a display are DisplayPort and High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI). These ...

Graphics cards often sport both HDMI and DisplayPort connectors. This Nvidia RTX 2060 has one and three, respectively. Riley Young/Digital Trends DisplayPort and HDMI are two of the most popular port ...

The HDMI audio/video interface standard is everywhere: TVs, set-top boxes, media streamers, Blu-ray players, A/V receivers, gaming consoles, camcorders, digital cameras, and even a few smartphones.

Apple’s new MacBooks and Mac minis come with snazzy Mini DisplayPort connectors, but if you want to hook one up to your HDTV via its HDMI port, Apple can’t help—it doesn’t sell an adapter. There are a ...

One isn't better than the other — it all comes down to use case.

My hotel TV is an LG LCD tv, and they have one of those HDMI/VGA/Analog Audio breakout boxes. I happened to have my Displayport to HDMI adapter and cable with me. If I plug it in, the TV automatically ...

I’ve mostly been very happy with my migration to Lion, but I did get bit with one bug after the upgrade: for the life of me, I couldn’t get sound to output through HDMI when using my Kanex Mini ...