VESA has now approved version 1.1 of the DisplayPort interface standard, intended to be used in flat panel displays, projectors, PCs, and consumer electronics devices.
Ultimately designed to replace LVDS, DVI, and VGA, version 1.1 of the specification adds HDCP (High Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection) version 1.3, and is supposed to offer advantages over older digital and analogue standards such as reduced EMI (electromagnetic interference) thanks to its built-in clock architecture, and a small form factor similar to USB, with latching.
It offers higher performance than dual link DVI, at 10.8Gb per second, thus reducing cabling and port requirements on hardware capable of very high resolutions.
We've already speculated whether too many standards are a bad thing. At least for now, many of these standards are interoperable thanks to a plethora of adapters.
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