DisplayPort Cable description
Key features
- HD Quality Video & Audio via one Cable
- 10.8 Gbit/s forward link channel supports high resolution displays with a single cable
- Dimensions (W: 20mm H: 55mm D: 13mm)
- Latching connectors
- 8B/10B data transmission (up to 2.7 GHz symbol rate, up to 4 lanes, 8B/10B modulation)
- Full bandwidth transmission
- Supports color depth of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16 bits per color component.
- Supports YCbCr color space (ITU-R BT.601-5 and BT.709-4), 4:2:2 chroma subsampling
- Supports legacy signal streams (analog and DVI/HDMI); backward compatibility achieved with adapters/dongles
- 128-bit AES DisplayPort Content Protection (DPCP) support, and support for 40-bit High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) from version 1.1 onwards.
- Supports internal and external connections
- Lifetime Warranty
This cable works with...
- Next-Gen Display Monitors
- Laptops & PCs
- Supported HDTVs
DisplayPort is an industry-standard digital interface for connecting an LCD display to a computer system. It will eventually replace VGA, DVI, and LVDS.
DisplayPort delivers higher performance, enables exciting new monitor designs, improves digital display connectivity, and provides a roadmap for future display usages. DisplayPort is the new generation, digital audio and video connector designed primarily for connections between computer and display monitor or a computer and a home-theater system.
Packaged into a USB-sized connector for space-constrained applications like notebooks and graphics cards. DisplayPort also enables ultra sleek, easy to use direct drive flat panel monitors and sets the stage for future display features such as single-cable multi-function monitor connectivity and daisy chained displays. DisplayPort enables a wide range of connectivity options to monitors, projectors and HDTVs via a single connector, making it an easy, universal and cross-application solution.
HD Cable’s professional quality DisplayPort cables feature a small sized latching connector, two-way display connectivity, optional audio support, higher performance than dual link DVI at 10.8 Gigabits per second, and a unique micro-packet architecture that enables display features. DisplayPort supports a maximum of 10.8 Gbit/s data rate and WQXGA (2560×1600) resolution over a 5 metre cable.
A DisplayPort signal is not compatible with DVI or HDMI, but a DisplayPort connector can pass these signals through. While DVI and HDMI require separate clock signals, DisplayPort embeds the clock in the data signal.
Contructed with 20 pins for external connectors on desktops, notebooks, graphics cards, monitors, etc. DisplayPort supports both external (box-to-box) and internal (laptop LCD panel) display connections.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Which types of products incorporate DisplayPort, or use a DisplayPort Cable?
Several major companies are now shipping products that include DisplayPort technology with more on the way. Dell Computers and Hewlett Packard computer monitors as well as Samsung HDTVs are beginning to incorporate DisplayPort support. In October 2008, Apple introduced several products featuring a Mini DisplayPort as their sole video connector. Apple has indicated that this was a first step in transitioning their line of products to DisplayPort technology. It is anticipated that PC manufacturers will adopt DisplayPort as a solution for connecting all types of displays–including monitors, projectors and HDTVs–with a single connector. DisplayPort will also be adopted in LCD panels as an LVDS replacement. DisplayPort is set to become more and more common in Europe and America after becoming an extremely commonplace connector in China.
What are the most significant benefits for the user?
The main product benefits are that DisplayPort provides improved performance as a standard feature relative to DVI, and can be packaged into a USB-sized connector for space-constrained applications like notebooks and graphics cards. DisplayPort also enables ultra sleek, easy to use direct drive flat panel monitors and sets the stage for future display features such as single-cable multi-function monitor connectivity and daisy chained displays. DisplayPort enables a wide range of connectivity options to monitors, projectors and HDTVs via a single connector, making it an easy, universal and cross-application solution.
Will DisplayPort Cables work with standards like HDMI and VGA, or replace them?
DisplayPort is designed to replace LVDS, DVI and eventually VGA. While DisplayPort has a rich A/V feature set, it is expected to complement, not replace, HDMI, and the connector is compatible with HDMI signals. A multi-mode device that implements both HDMI and DisplayPort only needs a simple cable adapter to make an HDMI connection.
How can a DisplayPort Cable be implemented with existing TVs and other products with HDMI and DVI connections?
We have a range of specific DisplayPort adapters including DisplayPort to DVI, DisplayPort to HDMI and DisplayPort to VGA adapters.
I need some more information about DisplayPort technology before I know this is the right product for me, where can I go?
Our Help pages are packed full of easy to understand information, guides and articles to help you expand your knowledge of everything to do with HDMI technology. The Product Support pages also contain more detailed help specifically tailored around individual products as well as user-manual downloads and previously answered customer queries.
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