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New Display Interface Standard in the Works

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the yet-another-monitor-to-buy dept.

virgil_disgr4ce writes "The VESA standards group is designing a new display interface standard to replace both VGA and DVI. The new standard promises better bandwidth and interoperability for a ' broad application within computer monitors, TV displays, projectors, PCs and other sources of image content.'"

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  1. And the money line: by FuturePastNow · · Score: 5, Funny

    DisplayPort is expected to accelerate adoption of protected digital outputs on PCs to support viewing high definition and other types of protected content through an optional content protection capability

    Just what I always wanted.

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  2. Re:Open Source + DRM by alex4u2nv · · Score: 2, Funny

    errk nevermind this, I thought vesa was OSS from it being an optional kernal module! Note to self: posting on /. the first thing after waking up, is not wise! Note to self: After posting that above Note_to_self, I should probably stay away from computers for a week.

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  3. .....Hey, Wait a Minute... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    my expensive as hell PS3 I just preordered is already outdated?

    I believed in you Sony!!!!!

  4. Re:The Purpose of the interface? by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 2, Funny
    can be deployed widely at minimum cost to enable broad access to premium content

    Is this a politically correct way of saying "a cheap way of bringing porn to fat people"?

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  5. so retarded by tehwebguy · · Score: 0, Funny

    the next computer i get will be an apple. i don't want to deal with all this drm that will clearly only affect non-apples.

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  6. Re:/.ers unite...we do have a voice! by Abreu · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you are in a coprorate purchasing position, don't buy it for your company.

    Yeah, right! And how would you explain to your pointy haired boss that he wont be able to play "Windows Vista Solitaire 2007"?

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  7. Re:Wait for it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    I'll place money on the emergence of one or more patent claims on this, if it becomes a new standard.

    I'm gonna take an educated guess here:

    • Microsoft: method for displaying a user interface on a display supporting said interface
    • Apple: method for making displays in pretty white cases
    • Amazon: method for the sale of displays supporting said interface online
  8. Re:Does it also Promise DRM ? by Zzyzygy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Excellent post! +1 Insightf... oh, wait. :-)

    -Scott

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  9. Re:Wait for it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Slashdot: method for performing armchair attorney analysis of the patent system without a grounding in legal principles or logic