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Samsung Develops First LCD Panel Using DisplayPort

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the new-and-improved dept.

SK writes "Samsung has developed the world's first LCD panel using the next-generation video interface — DisplayPort. Sanctioned by VESA (the Video Electronics Standards Association), DisplayPort will serve as a replacement for DVI, LVDS and eventually VGA. By using a transmission speed more than double that of today's interfaces, Samsung's new LCD only requires a single DisplayPort interface, instead of the two DVI (Digital Visual Interface) ports now used. The speed enables 2560x1600 resolution without any color smear."

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  1. Hope it gets off by mariushm · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I honestly hope this gets off to a good start and that it will be supported by the industry. As far as I know, it has less (or no) DRM included and is much better at handling large resolutions.

  2. Nice screenshots! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Those screenshots really show off the benefits of this new technology.

  3. Not needed by crow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since we have dual link DVI, and this only doubles the DVI data rate, how does this help?

    Shouldn't they be putting forth a standard that will last a bit longer? Go for 10x speed, not just 2x.

    This sounds like a rush to put out a new product, not for the sake of market need, but for the sake of patent royalties.

    1. Re:Not needed by Nozsd · · Score: 2, Insightful

      This sounds like a rush to put out a new product, not for the sake of market need, but for the sake of patent royalties.

      Actually, it is license free, so if it means what I think it means, there are no royalties to use this interface. I do believe it is rushed though. Just look at the connector, it's like it doesn't even need any help for it to fall out of its socket. The wonderfully original name also says something. Apparently it can transmit audio data as well, so why doesn't the name at least give some sort of impression of that ability.

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  4. Re:Hype... sort of. by bomanbot · · Score: 2, Insightful

    AFAIK Another advantage is that the actual DisplayPort connector is a good bit smaller than a DVI connector, which makes it easier to build DisplayPorts into small portable devices.

    It also helps on graphics cards, where two DVI connectors take up a lot of space and do not leave much room for other connectors. Maybe with DisplayPort it would be possible to get graphics cards with more connectors for Multiscreen Environments.

  5. Mini DVI - DisplayPort by Panascooter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have already spent $20 for a MiniDVI -> DVI (actually DVI-D) and another $20 for a MiniDVI -> VGA (due to the incompatibility of DVI-D and VGA), and another $20 for a for a MiniDVI -> S-Video and Composite video for my macbook. Does this mean that I have to spend yet another $20 for yet another display option. Good thing I didn't start with an ibook and have repeated the whole process again.

  6. Re:Now if there were only more high-res eyes by DreadSpoon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can quite clearly see the difference. When the screens get up to 1000 DPI, then maybe we'll have a reason to stop increasing resolution. Until then, the pixels are still way too large. Look at how much effort goes into font rendering (and it still pretty much sucks). If we had 1000 DPI screens, or even 300 DPI screens for that matter, we wouldn't need sub-pixel anti-aliasing, font hinting, etc. And things would look super crystal clear.

    I used to say the same thing about HDTV. "TV looks fine now. How much better could it be?" Then I actually saw some HDTV programs. Then I said the same thing about HD-DVD/Bluray. "DVDs are sharp, like HDTV! How much better could it be?" Then I saw some HD-DVD movies on a 1080p TV.

    It's going to be a long time before we stop having a need to increase resolution.

    We also these days have a color problem. 24-bit (8-bit per component) color seems like a lot, but it doesn't compare to even 10-bit per component color. I can't imagine what a monitor with 12-bit per component color would look let, but I'm willing to bet it'll look better than what we've got now.

  7. Re:Now if there were only more high-res eyes by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Something like this is probably for young whipper snappers that have more money than sense. No offense, but you're talking out your ass.

    There are gobs of commercial/industrial applications for hi-res monitors.
    I couldn't even begin to list all the fields where this would get snapped up...

    Please abandon the "just because I don't have a serious use for [X], then neither will anyone else" mode of thinking.
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  8. Why are we discussing this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What would happen if one cable suddenly gets removed?

    Plug it back in?

  9. Re:DRM is HDCP by toddestan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can easily see the individual pixels on most any desktop monitor (the IBM T221 may be an exception, but I have never seen one in the flesh). I don't think there is as big of a need to make larger screens as there is a need to make high DPI screens. Imagine that 23" monitor using something like 16000x9000 pixels instead of 1920x1080 pixels or whatever we have today.