DisplayPort 1.2 Standard Now Official
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There’s a new DisplayPort standard out there and the Video Electronics Standards Association, in short VESA, finally made it official. DisplayPort 1.2 is apparently industry’s “most innovative and flexible digital communication interface standard for transporting display, audio and data.”
The new standard is a “comprehensive extension” to the regular DisplayPort employed by various machines so far. DisplayPort v1.2 is of course backwards compatible with DisplayPort v1.1a including Mini DisplayPort connectors and existing cable.
The new standard will offer a doubled transfer rate from 10.8Gbps to 21.6Gbps thus increasing display resolution, color depths, refresh rates and multiple display capabilities. Put it more simply DisplayPort 1.2 will offer superior graphics and you’ll be able to enjoy your favorite shows at once on as many displays you decide to get.
The new standard supports all the features and specs of the formers standard but adds plenty of features of its own. The standard supports multi-streaming which will let you transport multiple independent uncompressed display and audio over the same cable and it will let you enjoy all the 3D gaming you want in the near future. DisplayPort v1.2 can offer you support for either two 2,560 x 1,600 monitors at 60Hz over one cable or four 1,920 x 1,200 monitors over the same cable.
The standard will let you transfer USB 2.0 or Ethernet data over the standard DisplayPort cable which is definitely a very welcomed feature.
Last but not least, DisplayPort v1.2 comes with new audio enhancements and full HD 3D stereoscopic display support:
Audio:
- Audio Copy Protection and category codes
- High definition audio formats such as Dolby MAT, DTS HD, all Blu-Ray
- formats, and the DRA standard from China
- Synchronization assist between audio and video, multiple audio channels, and
- multiple audio sink devices using Global Time Code (GTC)
Full HD 3D Stereoscopic displays:
- Life-like motion using up to 240 frames-per-second in full HD, providing 120
- frames-per-second for each eye
- 3D Stereo transmission format support
- Field sequential, side by side, pixel interleaved, dual interface, and stacked
- 3D Stereo display capability declaration
- Mono, Stereo, 3D Glasses
So what do you say folks? Would you choose DisplayPort v1.2 over the upcoming HDMI 1.4?
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