and beyond just the flops...

By: David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com), December 12, 2020 11:36 am
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Jukka Larja (roskakori2006.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 12, 2020 10:08 am wrote:
> David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 12, 2020 7:17 am wrote:
>
> > I would have agreed for a different reason; unlike VGA, DVI, and DisplayPort, HDMI is not captive,
> > which has caused me no end of trouble. I have always tried to avoid HDMI as much as possible.
>
> My Google-fu is letting me down. What does (not) captive mean in this context?

The HDMI connector lacks a positive retention mechanism, so it easily pulls out even when only twisted like if you have an adapter plugged in directly.

SATA initially suffered from the same problem because it was designed to be a backplane connector, but they finally added metal clips to hold it in place.
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