Wikipedia:
List of display interfaces
| Name | Intro year | Connector | A/D | Max resolution | Utilizations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAL-CVBS | 1956? [1] | RCA | Analog | 728 x 576 @ 25 | Early home computers | |
| S-Video | ? | Mini-DIN 4-pin | Analog | 728 x 576 @ 25 | Commodore Vic-20 and C64 | |
| SCART | 1977 | SCART 21-pin | Analog | 728 x 576 @ 25 | Commodore Amiga and various video games | |
| CGA | 1981 | DE-9 | Digital | 640 x 200 @ 60 | Pre-i80386 x86 machines | |
| MDA | 1981 | DE-9 | Digital | 720 x 350 @ 50 | ||
| HGC | 1982 | DE-9[2] | Digital | 720 x 348 @ 50 | ||
| EGA | 1984 | DE-9 | Digital | 640 x 350 @ 60 | ||
| VGA | 1987 | HD15F | Analog | 1280 x 1024 @ 60 | Introduced with IBM x86 machines, but became a universal analog display interface. | |
| Mac-II/Quadra | 1987 | DB15F | Analog | 1152 x 870 @ 75 | Macintosh | Mac-DB15F and Sun-13W3 were similar in capability to VGA. Some Sun machines used 4 or 5 BNC connectors to transfer video signal. |
| 13W3 | 1990? | DB13W3 | Analog | 1152 x 900 @ 76 | SUN computer systems | |
| DVI | 1999 | DVI | Both | 2560 x 1600 @ 60 | Recent video cards | DVI was the digital display interface that won over several competing standards to answer the need for a digital computer->display link. The marketplace had previously been almost exclusively analog. |
| ADC | 2000 | Apple-ADC | Both | same as DVI | Apple computers | |
| HDMI | 2003 | HDMI-A/B/C | Digital | 3200 x 2048 @ 120 | Many A/V systems and video cards (including motherboards with IGP) | HDMI use a content protection system HDCP which only allows devices with HDCP key(s) to transmit high-definition content. Sends audio and video data in one cable. |
| UDI | 2006 | "USB alike plug with single row of 26 pins" | Both | ? | Intel has withdrawn from the promoter group and supports another standard, DisplayPort. | |
| DisplayPort | 2007 | 20pin-DisplayPort | Digital | 2560 x 1600 @ 70 (for 6.9 Gbit/s link) |
None as of 2007 | DisplayPort introduced the 128bit-AES to replace HDCP. DisplayPort also includes a notebook internal connector, something the HDMI and DVI specifications lack. |
References
- ^ What is CVBS video format - aus.tv.pay. 070824 groups.google.se
- ^ The PC video acronyms. 070820 philipstorr.id.au
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