An Overview of Current Display Interfaces
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An Overview of Current Display Interfaces Introduction 2 The Future of Display Interfaces 2 Monitor and TV Market Trends 2 VGA 4 DVI 6 HDMI 9 DisplayPort 11 Display Interface Comparison Table 13
An Overview of Current Display Interfaces Introduction 2 The Future of Display Interfaces 2 Monitor and TV Market Trends 2 VGA 4 DVI 6 HDMI 9 DisplayPort 11 Display Interface Comparison Table 13
An Overview of Current Display Interfaces
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... the near-complete replacement of the CRT by LCDs and other new display technologies, and growing concerns over the next 3-5 years in the monitor and TV markets. • While there will...pair of the PC market, for widescreen displays in the 20-inch to 27-inch size range, with the top end of mainstream monitors at 1920 x 1080 pixels. • There will continue ... approaches, and several all -digital High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) - the majority of desktop monitors will likely continue to TV products. but most monitors will maintain the current norms - 1680 x 1050 to 1920...
... the near-complete replacement of the CRT by LCDs and other new display technologies, and growing concerns over the next 3-5 years in the monitor and TV markets. • While there will...pair of the PC market, for widescreen displays in the 20-inch to 27-inch size range, with the top end of mainstream monitors at 1920 x 1080 pixels. • There will continue ... approaches, and several all -digital High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) - the majority of desktop monitors will likely continue to TV products. but most monitors will maintain the current norms - 1680 x 1050 to 1920...
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...digital interface standard for all such products, which would likely pull commercial users in the same direction. • LCDs already account for the majority of the PC monitor market, and have the following sections provide brief overviews of each of these interfaces that is expected around 2009 that... will provide a significant capacity increase as well as a panel-level (internal) interface, permitting direct-drive monitor products that may be driven out of the TV market. HDMI will continue to grow in popularity in the consumer market for both CE and PC displays although...
...digital interface standard for all such products, which would likely pull commercial users in the same direction. • LCDs already account for the majority of the PC monitor market, and have the following sections provide brief overviews of each of these interfaces that is expected around 2009 that... will provide a significant capacity increase as well as a panel-level (internal) interface, permitting direct-drive monitor products that may be driven out of the TV market. HDMI will continue to grow in popularity in the consumer market for both CE and PC displays although...
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..., but soon changing to experience limitations. The D-subminiature connector family from impedance mismatches in PC applications and HDMI for TV/CE products) are the most successful PC monitor interface to handle very-high-frequency video, and VGA connections can often show the effects of low bandwidth,... overall signal loss, and "ghosting" from which this nature. named for the Video Graphics Array standard introduced by IBM for video timings and formats over 20 years...
..., but soon changing to experience limitations. The D-subminiature connector family from impedance mismatches in PC applications and HDMI for TV/CE products) are the most successful PC monitor interface to handle very-high-frequency video, and VGA connections can often show the effects of low bandwidth,... overall signal loss, and "ghosting" from which this nature. named for the Video Graphics Array standard introduced by IBM for video timings and formats over 20 years...
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...DVI-D, which includes both a VGA-compatible set of raw data capacity. it is currently the most popular digital interface for monitors, and will likely continue in use for PC monitors. DVI is digital-only. However, the DDWG group has not met for 9.6 Gbits/sec. DVI-I , which is... of either one or two links, depending on which carries the analog video signals; HP, Compaq, Intel, IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, and Silicon Image (the developer of the connector, it is identified by HDMI. total capacity. However, due to the newer DisplayPort standard, and has already been ...
...DVI-D, which includes both a VGA-compatible set of raw data capacity. it is currently the most popular digital interface for monitors, and will likely continue in use for PC monitors. DVI is digital-only. However, the DDWG group has not met for 9.6 Gbits/sec. DVI-I , which is... of either one or two links, depending on which carries the analog video signals; HP, Compaq, Intel, IBM, NEC, Fujitsu, and Silicon Image (the developer of the connector, it is identified by HDMI. total capacity. However, due to the newer DisplayPort standard, and has already been ...
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...standard), plus a standard (and Silicon Image proprietary) method of the TMDS electrical interface (as used in the CE market and HDMI implementations. The HDMI 1.3 spec is technically optional, but it is semi-compatible with single-link DVI, as DVI cannot provide the embedded audio features of... HDMI and does not support HDMI's Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) channel, a one-line serial data bus for the control of the DVI specification, Silicon Image formed a...
...standard), plus a standard (and Silicon Image proprietary) method of the TMDS electrical interface (as used in the CE market and HDMI implementations. The HDMI 1.3 spec is technically optional, but it is semi-compatible with single-link DVI, as DVI cannot provide the embedded audio features of... HDMI and does not support HDMI's Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) channel, a one-line serial data bus for the control of the DVI specification, Silicon Image formed a...
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Figure 7 HDMI Receptacle Pinout Table 4 HDMI Receptacle Pinout Pin Signal Pin 1 TMDS Data 2+ 17 2 TMDS Data 2 shield 18 3 TMDS Data 2- 19 4 TMDS Data 1+ 5 TMDS Data 1 shield 6 TMDS Data 1- 7 TMDS Data 0+ 8 TMDS Data 0 shield 9 TMDS Data 0- 10 TMDS Clock+ 11 TMDS Clock shield 12 TMDS Clock- 13 CEC 14 Reserved (no connect) 15 DDC clock (SCL) 16 DDC data (SDA) Signal DDC/CEC ground +5 VDC Hot plug detect (HPD) 10
Figure 7 HDMI Receptacle Pinout Table 4 HDMI Receptacle Pinout Pin Signal Pin 1 TMDS Data 2+ 17 2 TMDS Data 2 shield 18 3 TMDS Data 2- 19 4 TMDS Data 1+ 5 TMDS Data 1 shield 6 TMDS Data 1- 7 TMDS Data 0+ 8 TMDS Data 0 shield 9 TMDS Data 0- 10 TMDS Clock+ 11 TMDS Clock shield 12 TMDS Clock- 13 CEC 14 Reserved (no connect) 15 DDC clock (SCL) 16 DDC data (SDA) Signal DDC/CEC ground +5 VDC Hot plug detect (HPD) 10
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...features. brought a new digital display interface specification to be carried - DisplayPort source and sink (display) devices may be both an external (monitor, TV, etc.) connection as well as an internal (panel-level) interface, which enables simple support of multiple data types and other data ... Connector 11 of the shell and the thumb-operated latching mechanism. HP, Dell, Philips, NVIDIA, ATI (now AMD), Samsung, and Genesis Microchip - DisplayPort differs from the earlier TMDS-based interfaces (such as DVI and HDMI) in the shape of raw capacity. First, it provides about 10...
...features. brought a new digital display interface specification to be carried - DisplayPort source and sink (display) devices may be both an external (monitor, TV, etc.) connection as well as an internal (panel-level) interface, which enables simple support of multiple data types and other data ... Connector 11 of the shell and the thumb-operated latching mechanism. HP, Dell, Philips, NVIDIA, ATI (now AMD), Samsung, and Genesis Microchip - DisplayPort differs from the earlier TMDS-based interfaces (such as DVI and HDMI) in the shape of raw capacity. First, it provides about 10...
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... Controlling authority None; DDC version was established by their proprietary differentialdrive electrical layer. ** - Digital Display Working Group (defunct) HDMI Founders; Transition Minimized Differential Signaling, a Silicon Image trademark for the interface by Digital Content Protection, LLC, see http://www....main field plus 4 pin MicroCross section if DVI-I Unique 19-pin dual-row connector (HDMI-A) Unique 20-pin dual-row connector with thumbscrews for more information. often with latch. HDMI 1.3 spec to 10.8 Gbit/sec. Up to ~9.6 Gbit/sec. Audio No support...
... Controlling authority None; DDC version was established by their proprietary differentialdrive electrical layer. ** - Digital Display Working Group (defunct) HDMI Founders; Transition Minimized Differential Signaling, a Silicon Image trademark for the interface by Digital Content Protection, LLC, see http://www....main field plus 4 pin MicroCross section if DVI-I Unique 19-pin dual-row connector (HDMI-A) Unique 20-pin dual-row connector with thumbscrews for more information. often with latch. HDMI 1.3 spec to 10.8 Gbit/sec. Up to ~9.6 Gbit/sec. Audio No support...