About DisplayPort 2.0

About DisplayPort 2.0

What is DisplayPort?

DisplayPortis the video transfer standard that most people have never heard of. At a basiclevel, it’s nearly identical to HDMI. The current iteration of DisplayPort cantransfer 60hz 8K video and audio to TVs and monitors (HDMI 2.1 supports 10K).It comes in a large and mini form factor (like Mini HDMI). And, like HDMIcables, DisplayPort cables are really cheap.

So,why do people use DisplayPort at all? Well, for one, it’s useful for multiplemonitor setups. Unlike HDMI, DisplayPort has a fancy “daisy chain” feature. Youcan plug one monitor into your computer via DisplayPort, and then runDisplayPort cables from that first monitor to the other screens in your setup.It’s clean, it’s intuitive, and computer professionals and PC gamers love it.

What is DisplayPort 2.0

DisplayPort2.0 cables feature 80Gbps bandwidth, making it possible to display ultra-highresolutions at previously impossible refresh rates. DisplayPort 2.0 can handleup to two 4K screens at 144Hz simultan   eo usly, or an 8K display at up to 85Hznatively, without any form of image compression.

DSChas the potential to make DisplayPort 2.0 even more capable, with support forup to three 10K screens running at 60 Hz with HDR on a single DisplayPort 2.0connection. It will also support twin 8K displays at up to 120Hz with HDR and10 bits per pixel (bpc), or a single 16K display at 60Hz, with HDR and 30 bpc.

DisplayPort 2.0, USB-C, and Thunderbolt

Oneof the biggest advantages of DisplayPort technology is how the protocol hasbeen incorporated into other cable standards. USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 portshave leveraged DisplayPort 1.4 technology to en able high-bandwidth video andaudio data streams over one cable, alongside power. That's made it pos sible tohave single cable monitors, and even daisy chain them together.

DisplayPort2.0 uses the Thunderbolt physical interface (PHY) layer to offer the samebandwidth advantages as its native cable over the next generation USB4 andThunderbolt 4 connections, enabling support for much higher resolution andrefresh rate displays over previous USB-C and Thunderbolt 3.

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