Technically, the Steam Machine supports HDMI 2.1. However, Valve and AMD are not allowed to offer an open-source driver for it.

The HDMI Forum, responsible for the HDMI specification, continues to stonewall open source. Valve’s Steam Machine theoretically supports HDMI 2.1, but the mini-PC is software-limited to HDMI 2.0. As a result, more than 60 frames per second at 4K resolution are only possible with limitations.

  • bobs_monkey@lemmy.zipEnglish
    262·
    2 天前

    Likely moreso that they’re facing pressure from other competitors in the industry that see Steam and open source in general as a threat to their business model. The HDMI forum is made up of industry leaders, and naturally Microsoft and Sony are there.

    https://hdmiforum.org/members/

    • Jesus_666@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      2 天前

      They’ve been refusing open HDMI 2.1 since 2017. I don’t think that being afraid of Linux becoming the dominant gaming platform plays a role here; it’s more likely that they’re afraid people might find new ways to get at protected content.

      • JoeBigelow@lemmy.caEnglish
        101·
        2 天前

        Ive never had using HDMI prevent me from enjoying pirated media, so Ive always been confused about what sort of drm a TV is looking for.

        • Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          13·
          2 天前

          It’s more of a barrier for people who are pirating media, not the ones consuming that pirated media.

          • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            1 天前

            Don’t they mostly download it directly from streaming platforms these days, skipping the display and its connector altogether…?

      • b34k@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 天前

        Isn’t getting at protected content pretty trivial anyway? At least that’s my impression from how easy it is to find basically anything.