Dell, HP, Lenovo Announce New Display Protocol

An anonymous reader writes "If HDMI, DVI and UDI weren't enough for you, several major PC manufacturers have announced a joint alliance to come up with another display adapter, creatively named Displayport. The new method is backwards compatible with DVI, but offers double the bandwidth."

DRM aspects

[l2718]

The real question for many of us is: will this protocol enforce anti-user controls? Perhaps someone knows more about these standards.

Fiber connections

[mnmn]

There are no details in the article, but I'm hoping for an optic-based connection. This can remove the length restrictions and electric interference. Not to mention the cable will be much cheaper.

Someone check my math, but...

[Zadaz]

If it supports double the bandwidth, doesn't that only support 50% larger displays?

In which case it's already almost obsolete, given I can't even run my 23" at full resolution within legal DVI specs. This would barely run Apple's existing 30" display.

Guess we know at least one reason Apple didn't sign on.

Incompatible,Content protected

[Anonymous Coward]

From everything I have seen, as it stands now
Displayport is compatible with No prior standard.

It does carry audio,and no royalties will be due
to anyone but the Big Deal is Big Business.It supports bidirectional "optional" encryption protection schemes. And No prior standard is supported.

Simply replace everything you own, from the content to the machine.
And... Your display will now have to approve of your content.
Another added level of complexity designed to make things not work, which will likely result in things that do not work.
This is called either Trusted or Protected.
Be very afraid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort [wikipedia.org]
"DisplayPort" Could Introduce Protected Displays"
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1813963 ,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532 [extremetech.com]

DisplayPort: Because what we really needed was
  another connector
http://www.hdbeat.com/2006/05/03/displayport-becau se-what-we-really-needed-was-another-connector/ [hdbeat.com]

Re:little hint in TFA...

[killjoe]

I think people have got this all wrong. The goal is not to prevent you from watching something, it's to force you to watch something. Just like the DVDs you can't forward through. This is designed so that people can pop up ads and you won't be able to get rid of them. You will be forced to watch ads when you are using office because office will be given away for free. You will be forced to watch adds when you use windows or IE.

When the hardware manufacturers disallow open source software from running on their bioses you too will have to watch ads like every other shmuck.

Enjoy your ad free browsing (thank you firefox) while you can.

Re:Copy Protection Optional

[petermgreen]

imagine what the shitstorm is going to be like when people realise they're messing with TV!
i remember sky here in the uk introduced macrovison when they introduced sky digital but there was so much bad press (and remember sky have to compete with cablecos etc) that they turned it off for thier normal channels (they still use it on pay per view i belive).

Re:uh

[kimvette]

That's why you're supposed to focus on modding really great posts up, and pass by the opinions you disagree with (if you are not mature enough to maintain objectivity while modding), and pass by posts you don't 'get' because sometimes there may be an obscure reference which may seem off topic or even hateful unless you know the context. If in doubt, pass it by. I know I for one would love to see a thread where if the threshold were set to 3 or higher, the thread would consist of more than just 10 worthwhile posts. The system is somewhat broken here because it doesn't show which user modified which post. I'd wager that if such a feature were added, folks would actually follow the stated guidelines because in addition to meta-moderation hopefully fixing the bad moderation, everyone would know who the jerks are who are trying to ruin this site.