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DisplayPort standard gets active cables support

article published on 24 June, 2011

VESA announces support for longer active cables for DisplayPort standard. VESA - the Video Electronics Standards Association - announced an extension to the DisplayPort v1.2 standard to support active cables, which can be as much as five times longer than passive cables. To achieve the extra length, active cables boost and equalize the attenuated DisplayPort signal. The change, VESA ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		24. June 2011 @ 22:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Neat...I could just have a flatscreen on the wall and all my electronics in some closet!
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_ 		24. June 2011 @ 23:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Doesn't an ethernet cable already run digital signal over x amount of meters already,so why not use ether ports in products instead ?
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Because of bandwidth; gigabit ethernet isn't fast enough for raw 1080P video.
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