HDMI input module

[davo_acuna]

Hello all, does anyone know if it is possible to have an HDMI input module to use the framework display as a portable monitor for gaming consoles or an extra monitor for a pc. I know for a console you can use a capture card but from what I have seen the delay is significant, and for a pc you can use it as a wireless display with some delay. But my proposal would be one more like the HDMI input that the Alienware m17 x r4 has.

[Jacob_Padgett]

Here’s some threads that answer your question.

Here’s a good one from a member of the Framework team:

@Kieran_Levin

there is no direct electrical path from the expansion card slot to the display. You would have to use a software solution to capture video and display it on the internal display.
AFAIK no laptops support this. But there is a separate category of mobile phone docks that can do this.
Someone with the right skills might be able to get a software solution in place that DMAs uncompressed video from a capture device direct to the gpu framebuffer and get sub ~1frame latency.