DisplayPort approved by VESA

[techieMoe]

I know, I had never heard of it either, but it promises to replace DVI and VGA connections to your video card and monitor and offer full compatibility (via an adapter) with HDMI cables as well. Another thing to note is that DisplayPort (unlike HDMI) is royalty-free, so the smaller electronics companies should have an easier time integrating it.

The article:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/...96&newsLang=en

More on DisplayPort
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displayport

According to the picture on Engadget it's about the size of a USB plug.

[techieMoe]

Here's an Ars Technica article on it as well:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...p-support.html

[benjamin20]

NO PICTURE ARGHH

well thats great, i didn't even know hdmi was patented. we definatly need patent free hardware standards.

that would define it as open standard right?

[techieMoe]

that would define it as open standard right?

That's how I understand it. The article and the wiki describe it as a "royalty-free standard", which I assume means free.