What you need to know about the new video connection standards that were announced earlier this year at CES 2025.

One often overlooked consideration when choosing your PC monitor is the ports that come with it. The two primary standards are HDMI and DisplayPort, which offer different features and capabilities.

DisplayPort does not support HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC). DP cables that support version 1.2 (and up) allow connection of ...

Finally, there are a lot of compatibility boxes your PC and monitor both need to tick for this to work. Outside of DisplayPort, most modern monitors and PCs also support HDMI connections — but ...

It doesn’t have a native alternative like DisplayPort, so portable implementations tend to suffer power-wise; the connector situation is interesting, and the HDMI Foundation has been doing some ...

DisplayPort and HDMI offer similar benefits depending on the version, but DisplayPort is typically preferable for PC monitors ...