VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes - Gizmodo Comments

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

sameoldthing — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:56:26 EDT

Don't forget that DISPLAY PORT CONTENT PROTECTION! Military grade encrytion for the output for what? To protect against a recorder with display port in that doesn't exist? And resulting in a bunch of blacklisted tvs for nothing? You have to buy a new tv by the way, if yours gets blacklisted. Add the normal HDCP and youv'e got twice the risk.

sameoldthing

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Mogbert — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:03:12 EDT

The REALLY freaky part is that I'm a little late reading this article, but I'm sitting here, at work, eating the pancakes I just ordered.

Where did you hide the cameras?

Mogbert

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

AVMaker — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:25:43 EDT

I'm an AV mfg., and here's what I know about you consumers. You hate change, but love cheap. In the end, cheap will win! HDMI is a bloody racket - I have to pay $12K per year to be an authorized mfg., plus licensing of up to $5 per unit. Yikes! DP me baby, I can't afford HDMI, and neither can you.

AVMaker

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

MeeM — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:42:56 EDT

"it's a new roadmap for display connectivity convergence" ...

This resembles those words from an unknown chinese memory manufacturer who says something like "we make the espacially created mammories for you to be utilize in the iphone mp3 nokia razr" ...

Honestly, do we really need another connection? The only positive I can see is the compact size, which could mean that they intend to utilise this format on portable devices (Pocket PCs, UMPCs, etc), but as Ktak said, they're probably fiddly. HDMI is small enough anyway, and does a fine job.

Oh yeah, you guys can play hangman to finish the following:

VESA = Various Engineers Sucking A....

MeeM

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Brandson — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:56:37 EDT

Look for cheap LCD monitor makers to all shift to this to save the $5 or whatever it costs to license DVI or HDMI instead.

Brandson

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

citizen.lambda — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:38:16 EDT

Get a pair of old-school screws or little clamp thingies on that thing, and things will be better. Also, I think that by small USB plug they mean the size of a micro-vault USB plug or more likely of Mini-A/Mini-B. Anyways, I'm still typing away on an old CRT monitor, and have none of that schmancy fancy HD digital business in my home yet, it's far too expensive for the moment (yes, a couple grand is expensive to me).

citizen.lambda

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Rajio — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:14:26 EDT

I'll take the pancakes instead please.

Rajio

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

lpranal — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:00:20 EDT

@Juneau

they stole that from the PS2, quite possibly it's most innovative feature. At least they didn't rob sony of their horizontal stand idea

lpranal

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

James — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:43:17 EDT

Would someone design a connection that can be inserted either direction! We DO have the technology! Sure, you have a 50/50 chance that your little notch will line up on the right side, but it seems that 90% of the time I stick my usb key in the wrong way!

James

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Juneau.what — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:18:57 EDT

Don't you guys see the genius? It works both Horizontally and Vertically!

Juneau.what

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

brazil101 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:46:37 EDT

CRAP

brazil101

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Ktak — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:38:30 EDT

Just what we need. A new connector that's even smaller (and likely more fragile) than HDMI, which is already too delicate for some applications. Personally, I always liked the rugged durability of DVI connectors.

Ktak

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Galley — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:27:56 EDT

HDMI is all we need.

Galley

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

xunker — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:52:54 EDT

Settle down Jesus :) the way it was written in TFA doesn't make it clear that the 'optional' part is where you have your beef.

Anyway, Display Port would be cool if HDMI wasn't around, but since DP is royalty free and HDMI isn't there'll still be a market for both.

More than likely it's just another adapter we'll have to carry around "just in case". Like the Multilink adapter I had to buy for my SGI 1600SW because it uses LVDS which SGI assured me was going to become the dominant standard. You know, right before they tanked.

xunker

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Schalliol — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:45:36 EDT

I agree it should be mandatory if supported, yet a display w/o speakers should be able to use the connection w/o audio.

Schalliol

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:21:58 EDT

Sure it makes sense, that's why I said it: What it doesn't make sense is to make the audio support optional at this stage.

Jesus Diaz

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

timj — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:12:40 EDT

Audio support does make sense. There are many people who are using monitors with built-in speakers, and why should they have to connect a second cable for audio?

timj

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

arcticmaniac — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:11:01 EDT

Same bull sh**T as why there are a billion different types of memory card for cell phones/PDA/cameras (xD, SD, CF, microSD, miniSD, etc.) To "milk" the consumer for more money and more money. I cried when I saw how much HDMI cables were going for at BestBuy. Fortunately, at Sams Club you can get one for 1/10th the price at BestBuy.

arcticmaniac

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

Monkonfire — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:28:56 EDT

I'm so excited, I just simply can't wait to be able to do less with my computer than I can today!

I long for the day when I'll be protected from myself, and my evil, pirate, haxor ways.

Monkonfire

VESA Approves DisplayPort 1.1 With Digital Content Protection, World Doesn't Give a Damn, Orders More Pancakes

noahs — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:27:27 EDT

at least its smaller

noahs