DisplayPort
Ahead of next week’s CES 2024 trade show, this morning VESA is releasing an update to their Adaptive-Sync Display variable refresh certification standard to accommodate some forthcoming “dual-mode” gaming displays. Under the new Adaptive-Sync Display 1.1a standard, display manufacturers will now be able to certify displays that have multiple resolution-dependent maximum refresh rates – chiefly, those displays offering high refresh rates at high-DPI resolutions such as 4K, and even higher refresh rates at 1080p and the like. The 1.1a version of the standard is also being updated to support displays with overclocked modes, allowing display manufacturers to get those modes separately certified on top of their default modes. Displays offering higher maximum refresh rates at lower resolutions are not strictly a new innovation in the...
VESA Launches Variable Refresh Display Performance Standards: AdaptiveSync and MediaSync
Kicking off what’s set to be a busy May, this morning the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA), the PC display industry’s primary consortium, is rolling out a new set...
45 by Ryan Smith on 5/2/2022
CES 2022: Plugable Introduces UD-6950PDZ Triple 4K HDMI / DisplayPort Docking Station
Plugable is introducing two new products at the 2022 CES - the UD-6950PDZ docking station, and the USB4-HUB3A USB4 hub. The docking station is technically the more interesting one...
4 by Ganesh T S on 1/5/2022
Intel's Maple Ridge (JHL8540) Thunderbolt 4 Controller Now Shipping
Following the launch of Thunderbolt 4 earlier this year as part of Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs, the next piece of the TB4 hardware stack has dropped this week with...
79 by Ganesh T S on 12/23/2020
DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0 Spec Released: Defining Alt Mode for USB4
As the tech industry gears up for the launch of the new USB4 standard, a few more parts first need to fall into place. Along with the core specification...
12 by Ryan Smith on 4/29/2020
VESA Announces DisplayPort 2.0 Standard: Bandwidth For 8K Monitors & Beyond
While display interface standards are slow to move, at the same time their movement is inexorable: monitor resolutions continue to increase, as do refresh rates and color depths, requiring...
120 by Ryan Smith on 6/26/2019
Black Box Announces Active Optical DP & HDMI Cables up to 100m
Black Box, a leading maker of pro AV cables and equipment, has unveiled active optical cables that can extend DisplayPort 1.4 or HDMI 2.0 signals for more than 200...
17 by Anton Shilov on 3/27/2019
VESA and MIPI Announce VDC-M 1.1: Display Compression Standard for Mobile Devices
As of late, the pursuit for higher resolutions, faster refresh rates, better contrasts, higher brightness, and more colors in displays, has created bandwidth demands that are pushing the limits...
17 by Nate Oh on 5/15/2018
Intel Releases "Titan Ridge" Thunderbolt 3 Controllers: Adds DisplayPort 1.4 Support & USB-C Host Compatibility
Intel has introduced a new family of Thunderbolt 3 controllers that bring support of the DisplayPort 1.4 standard to TB3 ports. The new Titan Ridge family of controllers pick...
22 by Anton Shilov on 1/8/2018
VESA Announces That Work Has Begun On Next DisplayPort Standard; Display Bandwidth To Double
In an interesting turn of events this week, the VESA has announced that work has begun on the next generation DisplayPort standard. Citing the need for even greater amounts...
19 by Ryan Smith on 1/5/2018
VESA Announces DP8K Certified DisplayPort Cables
Along with the announcement that work has begun on a new DisplayPort standard, the VESA this week is also announcing that they have launched a new certification program for...
3 by Nate Oh on 1/5/2018
StarTech's Thunderbolt 3 to Dual 4Kp60 Display Adapters Now Available
StarTech's new family of Thunderbolt 3 adapters that let one TB3 port to drive two 4K 60Hz displays are now available for sale. One of the adapters supports two...
7 by Anton Shilov on 9/2/2017
MSI Shows Off GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Card with USB Type-C Port
Back when the VESA announced the DisplayPort alt mode for USB Type-C, one of the most common questions was whether we’d see USB ports on a video card. As...
45 by Ryan Smith on 6/4/2017
Cosemi Announces 328-Feet ‘8K-Ready’ OptoDP Active DisplayPort 1.4 Optical Cable
Cosemi has announced its first OptoDP active optical cable that supports a DisplayPort 1.4 connection. That in itself isn't newsworthy, but up to 328 feet, or 100 meters, it...
22 by Anton Shilov on 3/29/2017
CEATEC 2016: Sharp Showcases 27-inch 8K 120Hz IGZO Monitor with HDR, also 1000 PPI for VR
While we’re not CEATEC, a Japanese technology show, news has come via PC Watch regarding a new publicly announced milestone in monitor production. For any journalist that has attended...
44 by Ian Cutress on 10/5/2016
VESA Releases DisplayPort 1.4 Standard: DisplayPort Adds Compression & HDR
One of the more interesting aspects of the DisplayPort standards is how the VESA has the separate but strongly intertwined DisplayPort and Embedded DisplayPort standards. As a result of...
38 by Ryan Smith on 3/2/2016
Club3D Releases Their DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 Adapter: The Real McCoy
Though we don't typically cover adapter news, this one is worth a special exception. Late last month Club3D announced their DisplayPort 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 adapter, and since then...
28 by Daniel Williams on 12/22/2015
AMD Discusses 2016 Radeon Visual Technologies Roadmap
This is something that initially caught me off-guard when I first realized it, but AMD historically hasn’t liked to talk about their GPU plans much in advance. On the...
99 by Ryan Smith on 12/8/2015
VESA Releases Embedded DisplayPort 1.4a Standard: Display Stream Compression Arrives
The last time we talked to the VESA was back in September, where the association announced their long-awaited DisplayPort 1.3 standard. Introducing a newer, higher signaling rate technology (HBR3...
41 by Ryan Smith on 2/11/2015
DisplayPort Alternate Mode for USB Type-C Announced - Video, Power, & Data All Over Type-C
Earlier this month the USB Implementers Forum announced the new USB Power Delivery 2.0 specification. Long awaited, the Power Deliver 2.0 specification defined new standards for power delivery to...
117 by Ryan Smith on 9/22/2014
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