What is DisplayPort?
DisplayPort is the newest digital video interface standard from the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). DisplayPort is intended to serve as an interface for cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors, flat panel displays, televisions, projection screens, home entertainment receivers, and video port interfaces in general. VESA’s vision is to simplify and standardize video connections, making various existing interfaces legacy technologies. This would include Video Graphics Array (VGA), Digital Video Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Unified Display Interface (UDI), and composite/component video. DisplayPort provides four lanes of data traffic for a total bandwidth of up to 10.8 gigabits per second. A separate bi-directional channel handles device control instructions. VESA reports the open standard provides enriched color, higher resolutions, and better refresh rates than existing technologies. It also includes audio data, like HDMI, eliminating the need for
DisplayPort is the new digital display interface standard. It has been recently approved (5/2006) by VESA and will be hitting the markets in 2008. For most computer users, the fairly big and bulky VGA port is familiar. While the VGA port has been extremely reliable and has delivered competent performance, the new standard – the Display Port – is considered to be quite an upgrade from traditional VGA ports and is on par with HDMI.
The VESA-approved digital display interface, DisplayPort, is a state-of-the-art digital audio/video interconnect intended to be used primarily between a computer and its display monitor or a home-theater system. NXP’s simple interfacing solution with embedded ESD protection allows you to connect a multi-standard source using a DisplayPort connector directly to a DVI or HDMI interface.
DisplayPort is a digital interface standard. It was approved by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) in April 2007. It is a license-free, royalty-free, digital audio/video connector. DisplayPort’s primary function is to send video and audio signals from a computer to a computer monitor or a home theater system. It allows the user to easily make a direct connection from a computer to an entertainment center system, while increasing audio and video performance.
DisplayPort is a fully digital A/V interface that has been ratified by VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association) as an improvement over older computer monitor interfaces like SVGA and DVI. As a voting member of VESA, I’ve been able to see its advancements and have experienced its amazing HD content.
