Intel has announced that it will be phasing out older video technologies, replacing the VGA and DVI standards with DisplayPort and HDMI on future PCs. The end of an era.
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I recently got a new 21.5 inch LED LG monitor it came with a DVI lead in the box, got it home didn’t work. after buying a cheap HDMI cable off Amazon I came to realise that there are many different types of DVI cable turns out they put the wrong one in the box! It had me confused for a while that did. I then bought another DVI D cable which was the correct on not a DVI I one. I’ll say one thing for VGA at least there is only one type of cable, (I could be wrong there). The HDMI quality is a hell of a lot better though.
Comment by chiefnoobie — December 9, 2010 @ 12:35 pm
You’re correct: There is only one type of VGA cable. That’s why it’s so limiting. Video I/O is currently the most legacy of a PC’s connectors. Long-gone are the serial, parallel, keyboard, mouse, and A/D ports. With the MiniDisplay and HDMI will join USB, IEEE (Firewire), and Ethernet as the only ports you’ll see on a PC.
Oh yeah: I suppose the analog Mic/Speaker ports will probably be around way too long. I bet that standard never goes away.
Comment by admin — December 9, 2010 @ 3:05 pm
“Oh yeah: I suppose the analog Mic/Speaker ports will probably be around way too long. I bet that standard never goes away.”
To many audiophiles would hit the roof if they got rid of analog ports. Im pretty sure TRS ports will always be with us
Comment by BradC — December 12, 2010 @ 7:49 am
What’s TRS?
Comment by admin — December 12, 2010 @ 9:27 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS_connector
Comment by BradC — December 12, 2010 @ 11:08 am