Someone finally did it: a high-end TV with a DisplayPort connection actually is coming this year, including 4K 180Hz support

The DisplayPort USB-C connection on the Hisense UR9 TV, showing how the connection is conveniently on the side of the TV's frame, and not on the back with its other ports.

I just attended a demo of Hisense's new 2026 TVs, and while discussing the new UR9 RGB TV, one unusual feature jumped out at me: it has a DisplayPort connection. It's not a full-size DisplayPort port, but it's a USB-C port with full DisplayPort support and branding.

HDMI has obviously dominated the world of TV inputs, but DisplayPort is still the most common output on GPUs — and preferred by the PC hardcore in many cases. In general, it seems more hassle to include DisplayPort than it's worth on most TVs, so it's just never on there — which is why this one obviously caught my eye.