By: Jukka Larja (roskakori2006.delete@this.gmail.com), December 12, 2020 9:45 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 12, 2020 10:36 am wrote:
> 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.
Thanks. I thought it was about this, but then found some page mentioning USB-A connector being captive. Surely it's not as flimsy as HDMI, but doesn't have any clips either, so I was left confused.
-JLarja
> 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.
Thanks. I thought it was about this, but then found some page mentioning USB-A connector being captive. Surely it's not as flimsy as HDMI, but doesn't have any clips either, so I was left confused.
-JLarja