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Displayport V1.2 To Take Giant Leap Over HDMI

Posted by Soulskill on from the any-old-port-in-the-storm dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With HDMI becoming increasingly common, Displayport has been slow to emerge as a widely used connection interface, but a plethora of new features in the new v1.2 standard could see that change. As well as doubling the data rate of the existing v1.1a standard to 21.6 Gbps, the update allows for multiple monitors to be connected to a single Displayport connector and adds support for transporting USB data at up to 720Mbps, enabling embedded webcams, speakers and USB hubs over a single cable. Ethernet data is also supported. The improved data rate will allow for richer, larger and higher resolution displays, and the new version is also backward compatible with the current display technology, so all the ports, cables and devices will be interchangeable, although they will revert to the lowest common denominator."

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  1. HHii!! by goldaryn · · Score: 5, Funny

    II aamm ppoossttiinngg tthhiiss ppoosstt iinn 33DD ffoorr tthhoossee ooff yyoouu wwiitthh DDiissppllaayyPPoorrtt vv11..22 33DD SStteerreeoossccooppiicc ddiissppllaayyss.. HHeelloo!!

    1. Re:HHii!! by ch0rlt0n · · Score: 5, Funny

      II aamm ppoossttiinngg tthhiiss ppoosstt iinn 33DD ffoorr tthhoossee ooff yyoouu wwiitthh DDiissppllaayyPPoorrtt vv11..22 33DD SStteerreeoossccooppiicc ddiissppllaayyss.. HHeelloo!!

      I have a headache. Please check the parallax in your post.

  2. Monster? by MortenMW · · Score: 4, Funny

    Has Monster started producing these yet? I cant wait to get some high-quality cables!

    1. Re:Monster? by rolfwind · · Score: 5, Funny

      Monster? Ha! A cheap fabrication for those who don't know better.

      Ever since I switched to triple platinum-plated (no cheap gold here!) Pear Anjou cables, the colors on my monitor have been much deeper, richer and more vibrant, truly life-like! That's because they have a proprietary hybrid geometry, and the platinum plating provides ultra-low electrical reactance and the underlying copper is fully annealed 99.999% pure oxygen free. Not that cheap copper you get everyplace. All this combines to allow for new levels of digital accuracy.

    2. Re:Monster? by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh... are people still using platinum? Well, I guess if you're willing to settle, rather than pay for unicorn horn, then it won't degrade your signal too much. Probably not enough to spoil your enjoyment, but a true videophile can tell.

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    3. Re:Monster? by goldaryn · · Score: 3, Funny

      Using real monsters? That's a complicated way of getting round the Trade Descriptions Act!

    4. Re:Monster? by StreetStealth · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not to drag this dry videophile discussion out too long, but I presume you're not using cheap factory-raised unicorn horn, notorious for its poor standing wave sync-sweetening and shallow inter-bitstream raster resonance?

      Only unicorns raised in the Swiss Alps have the protein content in their horns that allows a digital signal to hit such crisp, sparkling 1s and deep, thick 0s.

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    5. Re:Monster? by Aceticon · · Score: 2, Funny

      Unicorn horn!???

      No!No!No!

      Everybody knows that Unicorn horn introduces subtle color leakage and timing delays.

      A real videophile would know that true video nirvana can only be achieved by using Fossilized T-Rex Turd connectors: only posers go with Platinum and Unicorn Horn.

    6. Re:Monster? by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh... are people still using platinum? Well, I guess if you're willing to settle, rather than pay for unicorn horn, then it won't degrade your signal too much. Probably not enough to spoil your enjoyment, but a true videophile can tell.

      Unicorn horn? Can't only virgins see the output from that type of cable? Oh wait, carry on.

  3. Re:Why Arnet We Just Using Fibre??? by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    shouldn't fiber be the ultimate?

    "I'm sorry, ma'am, you'll have to increase the radius of the curve of that cable going from your computer to your monitor, the index of refraction is too small for they way you have your cable coiled up."

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  4. Re:no no no no no! by sakdoctor · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my day, all we had was plastic coated twisted-pair coat-hanger wire for all purposes, and it was good enough.

  5. Re:no no no no no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    And you've proved that other contraceptives work better

  6. Re:I want supercable! by Spatial · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one am very glad to be getting rid of HDMI/DVI/VGA cables and have just one cable to rule them all!

    The surest solution to this problem: yet another cable!

  7. Re:Light Peak? by Spad · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally I can't wait to have a load of Orange Cables behind my desk that I have to avoid bending too much lest they stop working...

  8. Re:no no no no no! by dkuntz · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least you had plastic coated!

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  9. Re:Argh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My regards to cable dunsel. M5 tie in activated.

  10. Re:Light Peak? by vux984 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally I can't wait to have a load of Orange Cables behind my desk that I have to avoid bending too much lest they stop working...

    Me too. Finally when the pointy-haired-one is behind his desk straightening cables to help the 1s and 0s get through, he'll actually doing the right thing. My head asplode at the very thought.

  11. Re:no no no no no! by Syberz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Too many cables?

    Part 1
    Part 2

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