New DisplayPort Standard for PCs, Monitors, TV Displays and

[erdega79]

New DisplayPort Standard for PCs, Monitors, TV Displays and Projectors Moves from Promoter Group to Video Electronics Standards Association; VESA to Finalize, Administer DisplayPort, Provide a Forum for Extensions

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2005--The newly-developed DisplayPort(TM) interface proposal, which has been designed to simplify display interfaces in computer and consumer electronics systems, has been turned over to the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) for finalization and approval as a standard.


In May, VESA announced the DisplayPort development program by a group of industry-leading companies dedicated to creating a new digital display interface specification for broad application within computer monitors, TV displays, projectors, PCs and other sources of image content.

"The plan in May was to submit a comprehensive version of the interface proposal to VESA during the third quarter for ratification and adoption," said Ian Miller, chairman of VESA. "The group has met its internal timetable and delivered to us a very comprehensive specification, which VESA will now administer and provide a forum for future revisions."

DisplayPort allows high quality audio to be available to the display device over the same cable as the video signal. It delivers true plug-and-play with robust interoperability, and is cost-competitive with existing digital display interconnects. Designed to be available throughout the industry as an open, extensible standard, DisplayPort is expected to accelerate adoption of protected digital outputs on PCs to support viewing high definition and other types of protected content through an optional content protection capability, while enabling higher levels of display performance.

DisplayPort enables a common interface approach across both internal connections, such as interfaces within a PC or monitor, and external display connections, including interfaces between a PC and monitor or projector, between a PC and TV or between a device such as DVD player and TV display. The standard includes an optional digital audio capability so high definition digital audio and video can be streamed over the interface, and it provides performance scalability so the next generation of displays can feature higher color depths, refresh rates, and display resolutions. It also features a small, user-friendly connector optimized for use on thin profile notebooks in addition to allowing multiple connectors on a graphics card.

Layered, Modular Architecture Includes Main Link and Auxiliary Channel

DisplayPort incorporates a Main Link, a high-bandwidth, low-latency, unidirectional connection supporting isochronous stream transport. One stream video with associated audio is supported in Version.1.0, but DisplayPort is seamlessly extensible, enabling support of multiple video streams. Version 1.0 also includes an Auxiliary Channel to provide consistent-bandwidth, low-latency, bi-directional connectivity with Main Link management, and device control based on VESA's E-DDC, E-EDID, DDC/CI and MCCS standards. The Link configuration enables true "Plug-and-Play."

The Main Link bandwidth enables data transfer at up to 10.8 Gbits/second using a total of four lanes.

The promoter group based their development efforts on the premise that the PC industry requires a ubiquitous digital interface with optional content protection that can be deployed widely at minimum cost to enable broad access to premium content, according to Miller.

As higher performance display and source technologies are introduced, the demands on interface bandwidth expand and the problem will become even more acute soon with demands for more colors, higher resolutions, and higher refresh rates. The DisplayPort standard's high initial bandwidth is designed to scale to even higher bandwidths to accommodate future display requirements.

About VESA

The Video Electronics Standards Association is a worldwide organization with more than 120 member companies that promotes and develops timely, relevant, open display and display interface standards, ensuring interoperability, and encouraging innovation and market growth. For information about VESA, visit www.vesa.org.

[erdega79]

According to this article , it may replace dvi and hdmi interfaces :shock:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/4621/

[zombie]

Originally Posted by erdega79

According to this article , it may replace dvi and hdmi interfaces :shock:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/4621/

They'd better have inexpensive converters available too then. People aren't going to want to upgrade their TVs yet again.

[phloyd]

I am sure that converters will be possible - inexpensive on the other hand...

I would bet that the new interface is high speed serial like PCI-E and SATA. In which case there is a good chance it will work a lot better than DVI over long cable runs...

None the less, it is sad to think that there is another format that we need to have for future products...

[thunderhawk]

why do they always have to change?? whats their need??
they already got 2 standards!!!

why?? this is really making consumers angry I believe! :x

all they want is change, with more and more loss of loyal costumers! will they NEVER learn it?

c'mon :!:

[erdega79]

well there is this article
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...129TX1K0000532

Basically displayport has higher bandwidth, has better copy protection, is open standard and thus cheaper, is physically smaller to fit the laptops, can interconnect various displays and pc's inside and outside.

You know I wondered why hdmi didn't already establish itself on pc and now it makes sense that manufacturers have been working on another standard. It should be out early next year.

[thunderhawk]

Great...... :x

You know what, I'll just wait untill the ENTIRE HD market finally standardized... *_* I really thought HDMI was going to be THE standard... :lol:

Great -_-" It seems they wont see money from me until summer 2006 :lol:

[Gorkab]

Originally Posted by thunderhawk

Great...... :x

You know what, I'll just wait untill the ENTIRE HD market finally standardized... *_* I really thought HDMI was going to be THE standard... :lol:

Great -_-" It seems they wont see money from me until summer 2006 :lol:

Or after, poor europeans we are...

[erdega79]

http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/...isplayPort.php

[thunderhawk]

argh... *_*

[thunderhawk]

Originally Posted by Gorkab

Or after, poor europeans we are...

And what I dont understand is why they always offer new technologies retail in stores to those damn Japanese (sorry for my language)
Are they so rich?? I just dont get it. Most people there have to save years for a car. Do you think they'll have so many sales with a BD player at $3000, when there are people enough here in the EU and US who really have the money to pay such a machine...
I still believe the average income of a person in Japan is lower than the average in Belgium/France/Germany/...
There are many more *rich* people in the EU who are interested in such devices.
I know in Japan many meetings are held etc, but are the sales in Japan for the common people so much higher than the sales for the common people in the EU? +_+ Wierd

Edit: No derogatory terms please! - n2blu

[erdega79]

this is obviously off topic but let's see. When we are talking high tech, Japan is the second only behind the states but really a leader in consumer electronics. For better or for worse, that's the reason most new products get released in Japan first. If we compare economies, Japan's unemployment is less than 5% whereas many euro countries run over 10% and according to cia website, it has a higher gdp than germany and france

[Gorkab]

Originally Posted by erdega79

Japan's unemployment is less than 5% whereas many euro countries run over 10%

Yep, exactly 10 % :?

[thunderhawk]

Yeah, economics aren't very good here at the EU, however we are improving and I believe we will grow soon because of certain circumstances... 8)

Erm anyway, about the new standard, I really hope there will be coverters... From HDMI to DP or so...

[Gorkab]

Originally Posted by thunderhawk

Yeah, economics aren't very good here at the EU, however we are improving and I believe we will grow soon because of certain circumstances... 8)

Erm anyway, about the new standard, I really hope there will be coverters... From HDMI to DP or so...

For those who a really old TV, they will at least put an RVB out, for the really first made models for those who don't have an HDTV. :lol:

[thunderhawk]

To avoid confused people:

RVB (rouge vert bleu) is RGB (red green blue)

:wink: :!:

[Gorkab]

Originally Posted by thunderhawk

To avoid confused people:

RVB (rouge vert bleu) is RGB (red green blue)

:wink: :!:

Lol, I've made this discovery not so long ago :lol: