http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Agreed. The thumbscrews on DVI to VGA adapters are the worst - you can hardly screw them its so cramped.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Ilol

nnuendo was not intended.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
hdmi doesn't have thumbscrews...]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
we're talking computer market here. not home audio / video market.]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Because those two markets absolutely NEED to use two standards...]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/I hope it carries audio as well.]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
its surely to run in tandem with hdmi but aimed at the computer market, rather than home entertainment.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/1080p resolutions, and other features useful for computers such as USB support and single cable/multiple monitor support.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Its more a replacement for DVI rather than HDMI.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Would have been too easy to just agree on one *real* standard as a follow-up to DVI/VGA, after all. Now we have HDMI, DisplayPort, and soonish LightPeak all competing for no good reason at all.]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
http://www.edn.com/article/CA6594089.html
]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/But you're right, it's a pain in the butt, every time I see news about HDMI 1.2, 1.3, DP 1.2 or how far they are, I think wait… I don't even use any form of HDMI or DP yet (at least not to its full extend).
My MBP has mini DP, but that's connected to DVI, the projector in the basement does have HDMI, but that port is waiting on an HD DVR while the VGA port is connected to a mac mini via DVI-VGA.
Why can't they make a cable with - I don't know - 80 connectors, use that as standard for the next 20 years and just start using 40 of them, adding more as they improve the standard, instead of making a new cable every time they add something. HDMI 1.3 doesn't work with 1.2 cables, it does, but to use 1.3 features you have to get a new cable. WTF?]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
LightPeak might replace some standards in the future, but it's too early to tell what or if at all, let alone when. It has the potential to replace almost everything from USB over SATA to HDMI/DP, though.]]>Jan 18th 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
its dead already. Horrible....]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Display Port still lacks Consumer Electronics Control signals that allow it to take control of your AV equipment like HDMI can.]]>Jan 19th 2010 2:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
-er, Lightpeak is for everything, except power.]]>Jan 19th 2010 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
LightPeak v2.0 could potentially fix that with the addition of 2 electrical wires. Heck, using light sensitive photoelectronics could be used to generate a small current from the signal it's self.]]>Jan 21st 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Never mind eh?

Maybe HDMI will add USB?]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 7:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Note that HDMI dual-link is somewhat theoretical, I've never seen a cable that does it even though it has a spec (and a connector spec). DVI dual link is very common.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Then again for home theatre I have no idea why anyone would want audio an video on the same cable.

I'm just excited about plugging my laptop into 1 wire for my desktop display, projector, and hard drive. Hello easy. ]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Who needs the poorly featured CEC when USB is available?]]>Jan 18th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
When all fails, use pen and paper and obtain all your entertainment from the great outdoors. Technology isn't liberating, it is captive!

;)]]>Jan 18th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
and submit to the great big differing standards war of cursive handwriting vs normal, or decide on a standard of either pen which can't be corrected or pencil which easily gets rubbed off?

and lets not start on the standards of outdoor entertainment, we have fishing, jogging, and watching something. and lets not get to sport as most countries that were lucky not to have been colonised by britain think cricket is the most boring sport on earth.

when all fails we can just sleep on a bed and obtain all your entertainment from dreaming shit up
Intelligence isn't liberating its restrictive!!!! ]]>Jan 18th 2010 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Displayport 1.2 allows for higher resolution panels with higher refresh rates. Want a true 120hz 2560x1600 or 2560x1440 in the future? Well, Dual-link DVI and HDMI simply do not have enough bandwidth for that refresh rate at that high of a resolution. Think about that for a second before you dismiss new standards like this.]]>Jan 18th 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/HDMI still is based on TMDS signals, which needs a transmitter per link. With a synchronizer signal.]]>Jan 18th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
I've never seen a dual-link HDMI device before. In practice, you can run the extended versions of HDMI over dual-link DVI though, minus CEC.]]>Jan 18th 2010 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 5:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/
Yeah, except that I just bought this fancy-shmancy new laptop with DisplayPort. I haven't used it once, and now it's already old tech!]]>Jan 18th 2010 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/displayport-1-2-receives-final-vesa-blessing-grows-into-a-real/Jan 18th 2010 8:50AM