VESA starts work on next-gen DisplayPort Standard

VESA has released an update on their DisplayPort standards, revealing that the organisation plans to publish their next generation DisplayPort standard within the next 18 months, offering a 2x or more increase in data rate over their DisplayPort 1.4. 

Right now VESA has stated that they have certified over 20 devices with support for HBR3 (High Bit Rate 3), which means that we should see DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 devices in the near future. Displayport 1.4 will allow high resolution and higher refresh rate displays to be released, allowing 8K 60FPS displays to be used with a single cable and even 4K 144Hz HDR displays to be shipped. These certified devices are likely to be shown at CES next week. 

With DisplayPort 1.4 already supporting 8K 60Hz displays, many will wonder why VESA is marching forward to create a higher bandwidth DisplayPort standard, though the reasoning is simple, future hardware. Hardware vendors will endeavour to develop higher resolution displays and emerging technologies like VR and AR will require insane amounts of bandwidth to drive greater resolutions or refresh rates. DisplayPort 1.4 is enough for 8K 60Hz, but that won’t be enough for long. 

On another thing to mention is the development of HDMI 2.1, a new standard that has surpassed DisplayPort 1.4 in several aspects. While DisplayPort 1.4 will undoubtedly hit the market first, HDMI 2.1 offers more than enough features to make it seem like the most appealing display transmission solution. HDMI 2.1 delivers a new Low Latency mode, a Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) component and support for Display Stream Compression technology (the feature that defined the DisplayPort 1.4 standard), giving VESA more than enough motivation to drive DisplayPort forward. 

VESA has released an update on their DisplayPort standards, revealing that the organisation plans to publish their next generation DisplayPort standard within the next 18 months, offering a 2x or more increase in data rate over their DisplayPort 1.4. 

Right now VESA has stated that they have certified over 20 devices with support for HBR3 (High Bit Rate 3), which means that we should see DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 devices in the near future. Displayport 1.4 will allow high resolution and higher refresh rate displays to be released, allowing 8K 60FPS displays to be used with a single cable and even 4K 144Hz HDR displays to be shipped. These certified devices are likely to be shown at CES next week. 

With DisplayPort 1.4 already supporting 8K 60Hz displays, many will wonder why VESA is marching forward to create a higher bandwidth DisplayPort standard, though the reasoning is simple, future hardware. Hardware vendors will endeavour to develop higher resolution displays and emerging technologies like VR and AR will require insane amounts of bandwidth to drive greater resolutions or refresh rates. DisplayPort 1.4 is enough for 8K 60Hz, but that won’t be enough for long. 

On another thing to mention is the development of HDMI 2.1, a new standard that has surpassed DisplayPort 1.4 in several aspects. While DisplayPort 1.4 will undoubtedly hit the market first, HDMI 2.1 offers more than enough features to make it seem like the most appealing display transmission solution. HDMI 2.1 delivers a new Low Latency mode, a Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) component and support for Display Stream Compression technology (the feature that defined the DisplayPort 1.4 standard), giving VESA more than enough motivation to drive DisplayPort forward.