DisplayPort

[Static_Nexus]

hi guys,

does anyone know if displayport is going to be used on TV's? And will you be able to hook em up to a display port gcard?

 

[Scougar]

Display port will (and is) used on upcoming TV's mainly because it is license/royalty free, and therefore allows tv makers to reduce costs (a couple quid saved is a massive saving when producing hundreds of thousands of units.)

It won't be mainstream for at least a year I would think.

Matthew

 

[helmutcheese]

Its aimed mainly at PC use (GPU+Monitors) dont expect it to replace your HDMI on your TV anytime soon.

http://www.displayport.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

 

[allllec]

On the website it even has a diagram showing adaptors for plugging it into TV. Now I'm sure it wouldn't look like that if any big manufacturers had approached them and said "we want to use displayport" so i suspect it's not gonna happen (at least not yet!).

 

[helmutcheese]

The adapter will be handy if you only have DisplayPort GPU's some day and need connect to a HDMI TV .

There is a few GPU's with it now and 1 or 2 monitors out or due out.

 

[nightwish]

Dell 3008 has it and I believe the up-coming 2408 also

 

[Static_Nexus]

Its aimed mainly at PC use (GPU+Monitors) dont expect it to replace your HDMI on your TV anytime soon.

http://www.displayport.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

thanks for the info thats what i wanted to know.

it bugged me that my HD TV only accepted VGA when my card on does DVI, seeing that displayport will support pc connections has reassured me to wait before getting my new TV

 

[queamin]

I cannot see it replacing HDMI, side by side yes but not replacing

 

[helmutcheese]

thanks for the info thats what i wanted to know.

it bugged me that my HD TV only accepted VGA when my card on does DVI, seeing that displayport will support pc connections has reassured me to wait before getting my new TV

If your TV is a HDTV it will have HDMI, so buy a DVI to HDMI cable.

 

[Static_Nexus]

If your TV is a HDTV it will have HDMI, so buy a DVI to HDMI cable.

tried that, turns out it doesnt work with pc's...

would have expected something better from a samsung...

 

[gareth170]

tried that, turns out it doesnt work with pc's...

would have expected something better from a samsung...

what graphic card you got?? dvi to hdmi should work. i got my pc connected to my hdtv via hdmi and it works fine...

 

[helmutcheese]

I used a HDMI to DVI no issues, did you play about in the TV Menu's ?.

 

[Static_Nexus]

what graphic card you got?? dvi to hdmi should work. i got my pc connected to my hdtv via hdmi and it works fine...

8800GT, and its the TV that doesnt support it, not the gcard.

I used a HDMI to DVI no issues, did you play about in the TV Menu's ?.

yeah it actually says in the user guide for the samsung that it doesnt support PC connection through HDMI > DVI

 

[MHayes]

Display port doesn't carry sound so I doubt it will be used on TVs. Dual link DVI carries more bandwidth than hdmi and can do 4x the res, with an adapter it can pass through 5.1 sound, vga and even component. But it is an old looking connector so to stop the evil HDMI with royalties getting its mits on the PC world we need display port. Although not as easily convertable at the moment there are dongles on the way.