DisplayPort has a clear advantage over HDMI on paper, but most smart TVs you can buy these days still use HDMI. Here's why ...

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If you need to daisy-chain displays, HDMI won't cut it.

Over the years, we’ve seen a good number of interfaces used for computer monitors, TVs, LCD panels and other all-things-display purposes. We’ve lived through VGA and the large variety of analog ...

Essentially, a DisplayPort is a digital display interface primarily used to connect a video source to a display device (mostly monitors). It also carries other forms of data such as audio, USB, etc.