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Release of the DisplayPort 1.3 AV standard, which allows...

Release of the DisplayPort 1.3 AV standard, which allows the passage of 50 percent more bandwidth than the predecessor 1.2a spec, was announced Monday by the Video Electronics Standards Association. The 1.3 spec increases the maximum link bandwidth to 32.4…

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Gbps, with each of four lanes running at a link rate of 8.1 Gbps per lane, VESA said. The increased bandwidth enables higher resolution monitors, including 5K monitors (with pixel resolutions of 5120 x 2880), using a single DisplayPort cable without using compression, it said. DisplayPort 1.3 adds support for HDCP 2.2 and HDMI 2.0 with CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), “which enhances DisplayPort’s utility” for TV applications, including 4K video with copy protection, it said. The new standard also adds support for the 4:2:0 pixel structure, which enables support for future 8K x 4K displays, it said.