RSSFuture Display Standard Proposed
By Ed Oswald | Published August 19, 2005, 12:01 PM
A brighter picture and less wires are some of the advantages to a new display standard for PCs, TVs and projectors being reviewed by the Video Electronics Standards Association, or VESA. Called DisplayPort, it allows for more colors, better resolution and refresh rates, and connections involving fewer cables.
In the new standard, audio travels over the same cable as the video signal. Also, more bandwidth is available, allowing for a crisper and fuller picture and sound.
According to supporters of DisplayPort, the standard is intended to replace the current VGA and DVI connections. VESA says that these standards are quickly falling behind the times.
VGA was not intended for high-definition video, and DVI, while supporting the high-definition format, does not allow for a method for devices to communicate with one another.
Other features of the proposed standard include support for multiple video streams, plug-and-play compatibility, and also a method for digital rights management to prevent unauthorized content from being viewed on the display.
The review process is expected to take about six months to finish, with DisplayPort-capable devices making it to the market possibly as early as next year.
If they're putting DRM in it, I say we boycott it. No thanks.
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|Oh good, another area where they're gonna force DRM down our throats. No, thank you!
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|So we're talking about a fiber optic cable transfering the signals, if not they didn't learn one thing yet
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|Finally higher color depth on LCD's? Been a while, only Tubes could display unlimited color depth...
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|actually its not unlimited.
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|I have a hard time beliving that they will actually improve color what so ever. What they do need to improve is dynamic range(Being able to handle a larger range of brightnesses). Thats going to take more than a simple display change to pull off.
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|And don't be surprise if that display standard require Windows to be used... or any other Commercial OS, but surely not the free ones.
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|"don't be surprise if that display standard require Windows to be used... or any other Commercial OS, but surely not the free ones"
Makes sense. Linux has no future as a mainstream desktop OS, anyway.
The Computer Rodent
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|umm... I will be surprised. VERY suprised. Last I checked, my TV didn't run Windows.
Look before you leap.
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|There is only one reason for a video card to need to communicate with the monitor. Digital rights management. Everything else this article mentions is already possible with current standards. I understand the need of media makers to protect thier content rather then be consumer friendly. But DRM is a waste of money no matter how complicated you make it. I have no doubt that DRM using display port will be cracked quickly. Making it untterly worthless to have to upgrade to new equipment.
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|I would have to disagree. This standard isn't ONLY for DRM. The ability to communicate both ways would also be useful for touch-screen displays (now they would only need one connection).
Also, this new standard will standardize connections (oh the irony), so that there won't be 5 million different ones to cross-match between (component, composite, s-video, HDMI, DVI, and VGA).
It will be nice to have one interface that is widely-used to ensure easy compatibility.
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|That's cool. I was wondering when all the different A/V inputs would be standardized. There really area lot of them, and it would be nice to not have to worry about what device uses which connection. It sounds like:
Diplayport : A/V connections
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USB : data connections
You can pretty much bet that any peripheral PC device today will use a USB connection. As long as the standard is good, I'm all for having the same situation with A/V equipment.
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|Problem is, the standard is NOT good. USB is a perfect example of a very bad standard, as it's riddled with problems.
And although a standard AV connection is a great idea - how many people still have 20 year-old TVs, and are quite happy with them? How many more are going to buy the discounted stock with older component connections, and keep them for another 10 years?
We'll be 'worrying' about what device uses which connection for a while yet. :)
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|What do you know about the new standard? I didn't see any specs in this story. How are you all-knowing to know that the standard is "NOT good"?
I didn't say it would happen overnight. Obviously, it's going to take a while. Look at how long it took USB to take off.
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|Well this really sucks. I'm in the market for a new HDTV, and first I find out that DVI is being replaced by HDMI, and now HDMI if being replaced?! Or does HDMI follow the new standard? Either way, stop changing connections every two years!
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|Dude, this is for PC, not TV.
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|"a new display standard for PCs, TVs and projectors"
It's for everything.
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|Yeah... I just bought an HDTV too. It has an HDMI port. But not worry. My guess is that it will take a long time for this standard to take off. Rememer how long it took before USB became popular? We've got a while ;-)
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|Not as much I mean... it's the PC world that's getting tripped up in the pipe. It's not HDMI that can't do 19x10@60
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