The newly-developed DisplayPort interface standard designed to unify the desktop and notebook PC markets to a common high-bandwidth display interface has been approved by the member companies of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). The new DisplayPort standard was developed by a VESA Task Group comprised of companies in the display silicon, connector, computer monitor, TV display, projector, and PC industry segments.
Bill Lempesis, executive director of VESA, said, "With support from major industry players, we expect rapid adoption of DisplayPort in the PC marketplace. DisplayPort will reduce platform costs and drive a common digital interface across PC platforms and components."
DisplayPort allows digital audio to be available to the display device over the same cable as the digital video signal. Designed to be available throughout the industry as an open, extensible standard, DisplayPort is expected to accelerate the adoption in PCs of digital outputs enabling higher levels of display performance. When the optional content protection capability is active, DisplayPort will support viewing high definition television, video and other types of protected content.
DisplayPort enables for the first time a common interface for both external and internal display connections within a PC notebook or a desktop display. This approach allows for standardized connections between source devices and display devices, such as LCD panels, without the need for signal translation. DisplayPort may be applied within notebook PCs, and for external display connections, including interfaces between a PC and monitor or projector, between a PC and TV or between a device such as a DVD player and TV display.
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