James Delahunty
4 Apr 2007 17:15
The Video Electronic Standards Association (VESA) has approved DisplayPort 1.1 as the new industry standard for display connections. VESA describes DisplayPort as "HDMI for computers". It supports High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). DisplayPort is designed to offer a common interface for internal and external digital displays, set to replace VGA and DVI.
"The benefits of version 1.1 are significant, and will encourage adoption of DisplayPort in new generations of computers and consumer electronics equipment," said VESA Director Bill Lempesis in a statement. "Our task groups and committees within VESA worked very hard to ensure that DisplayPort 1.1 satisfies the important objectives it is designed for, and as a result, this new version has widespread support among all the leading computer and consumer electronics suppliers."
VESA also plans to incorporate best practices for providing HDMI connectivity through its DisplayPort Interoperability Guidelines, which will be finalized soon.
Source:
Ars Technica