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VESA Unveils DisplayPort Standard's CE Convergence Roadmap Featuring Seamless Connectivity for TVs, Monitors, Projectors (13/2/2007)

VESA Set to Launch DisplayPort Compliance and Interoperability Program

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) unveiled a new roadmap for display connectivity convergence with DisplayPort(TM) 1.1. Version1.1 of the DisplayPort standard is currently being reviewed by the VESA membership and is expected to be voted on later this month.

The convergence roadmap outlines plans to provide seamless connectivity with new and existing TVs, monitors and projectors via a USB-sized DisplayPort connector. DisplayPort is designed to replace DVI, LVDS and eventually VGA, making digital display connections easier, more readily available and more functional.

VESA announced that it is developing a DisplayPort Interoperability Guideline that recommends how best to provide DisplayPort, DVI and HDMI connectivity for consumer PCs via the DisplayPort connector and simple cable adapters. The Interoperability Guideline will describe how DisplayPort products may be designed to enable full compatibility with HDMI products, providing a clear blueprint for display connectivity convergence within the home.

DisplayPort 1.1 adds capabilities to support High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) for viewing protected content such as high definition movies on optical media. HDCP version 1.3 for DisplayPort will be provided by the Digital Content Protection (DCP) LLC. This version, expected to be finalized in early 2007, will allow products supporting either DVI or HDMI, and DisplayPort, to share a common encryption key set.

The new DisplayPort standard offers higher performance than DVI or LVDS, and enables a new class of "direct drive" monitors for improved ease-of-use and an enhanced viewing experience relative to VGA. DisplayPort's innovative architecture also will serve as the foundation for development of new display applications through future versions of the DisplayPort standard.

In addition, VESA is launching a compliance and interoperability program for DisplayPort connectors, cables and devices. The VESA program will ensure functional compatibility between products that carry the DisplayPort logo.

About DisplayPort

DisplayPort is a digital display interface specification for broad application in computer monitors, TV displays, projectors, PCs and other sources of image content. It is designed to accelerate the adoption of protected digital outputs on PCs to support the viewing of high definition and other types of protected content through an optional content protection capability, while enabling higher levelsof display performance.

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