Tag archive: DisplayPort

For decades technology enthusiasts have been connecting displays to their computers using the ever-reliable VGA port: sure, there are limits to how much resolution VGA can handle and it is old-school analog after all, but it has served as a reliable, consistent way to peer into a computers's activities—and maybe watch a video or two. Now, technologies companies are coming together to bury VGA, not to praise it: Intel, AMD, Samsung,… Read More

The WiGig Alliance and the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) have announced they have agreed to collaborate on developing a wireless version of DisplayPort that will operate in the 60 GHz band. The technology will support multi-gigabit connections, and is aimed at letting consumers and those ever-lauded IT professionals connect monitors, projectors, and HDTV displays to PCs and other video technology wirelessly, without the need… Read More

AMD has announced that the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) has granted a series of ATI chipsets the first official DisplayPort certifications. VESA has granted the certifications to ATI's Radeon HD 3400, Radeon 3600, Radeon HD 3800, ATI FireMV 2260 graphics boards, and AMD's 780G integrated graphic chipset. "This certification gives PC consumers next-generation display capabilities today," said VP of… Read More

At CES, Dell has announced the introduction of its new UltraSharp(TM) 3008WFP 30-inch widescreen flat panel monitor withDisplayPort. With a TrueColor WQXGA display with 2560 x 1600 resolution, it’s massive, but with a price tag to match – $1,999.   According to Dell, the monitor will integrate DisplayPorttechnology, uses a new digital interface standard that includes a USB-sized connector, and doubles the scalable performance of… Read More

DisplayPort is a recent video output standard developed with an eye towards replacing DVI—and perhaps even doing away with that ubiquitous VGA connector once and for all. It uses a small USB-sized connector, offers 10.8 Mbps performance which is even faster than dual-link DVI, and is intended to be easy for manufacturers to implement on everything from televisions and computers to notebooks and portable devices. The Video Electronics… Read More

In a new market forecast, research firm In-Stat finds that the market for HDMI-eqiupped gear (like televisions, gaming consoles, movie players, PCs, media centers, and other consumer video products) will expand by 78 percent per year through 2010, while the now-common DVI connector—mostly found in computers and computer peripherals—will start to decline in the marketplace beginning in 2007. In-Stat reports that over… Read More

A new open A/V standard designed to compete against HDMI and provide a