VESA Begins Development of Micro-DisplayPort Connector Standard". DisplayPort. 23 October 2013 . Retrieved 7 March 2014. Releases MyDP Standard". VESA. 27 June 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016 . Retrieved 10 November 2013. DisplayPort cables are not classified by "version". Although cables are commonly labeled with version numbers, with HBR2 cables advertised as "DisplayPort 1.2 cables" for example, this notation is not permitted by VESA. [42] The use of version numbers with cables can falsely imply that a DisplayPort 1.4 display requires a "DisplayPort 1.4 cable", or that features introduced in version 1.4 such as HDR or DSC will not function with older "DP 1.2 cables". DisplayPort cables are classified only by their bandwidth certification level (RBR, HBR, HBR2, HBR3, etc.), if they have been certified at all.

Support for HDR video was introduced in DisplayPort 1.4. It implements the CTA 861.3 standard for transport of static HDR metadata in EDID. [22] Content protection [ edit ] VESA DisplayPort Alternate Mode on USB-C– Technical Overview" (PDF). USB Implementers Forum. 28 September 2016. RBR: 04 × 1.62 Gbit/s = 06.48 Gbit/s bandwidth (data rate of 5.184 Gbit/s or 648 MB/s with 8b/10b encoding) WinHEC 2008 GRA-583: Display Technologies". Microsoft. 6 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.

a b c d e "VESA Releases DisplayPort 1.3 Standard". Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017 . Retrieved 27 January 2016. Two 4K × 4K ( 4096 × 4096) displays (for AR/VR headsets) @ 120 Hz and 10 bpc (30 bit/px, HDR) RGB/Y′C BC R 4:4:4 color (with DSC) DisplayPort Alternate Mode for USB Type-C Announced– Video, Power, & Data All Over Type-D". anandtech.com . Retrieved 14 October 2014. VESA Releases DisplayPort 1.3 Standard: 50% More Bandwidth, New Features". www.anandtech.com . Retrieved 7 January 2016. Broekhuijsen, Niels (30 December 2013). "EVGA's DisplayPort Hub Available Now". Tom's Hardware . Retrieved 7 March 2014.

This exemplifies why DisplayPort cables are not classified by "version"; although DSC was introduced in version 1.4, this does not mean it needs a so-called "DP 1.4 cable" (an HBR3-rated cable) to function. HBR3 cables are only required for applications which exceed HBR2-level bandwidth, not simply any application involving DisplayPort 1.4. If DSC is used to reduce the bandwidth requirements to HBR2 levels, then an HBR2-rated cable will be sufficient. Kowaliski, Cyril (4 May 2006). "DisplayPort 1.0 approved by VESA". www.techreport.com. The Tech Report . Retrieved 1 May 2018. VESA Experiences Acceleration of MyDP Standard Adoption in Mobile Devices". Archived from the original on 22 March 2016 . Retrieved 10 March 2014. DisplayPort cables and ports may have either a "full-size" connector or a "mini" connector. These connectors differ only in physical shape—the capabilities of DisplayPort are the same regardless of which connector is used. Using a Mini DisplayPort connector does not affect performance or feature support of the connection.

If you connected another display and it isn't showing in Settings, select Start > Settings > System > Display > Multiple displays > Detect. Arrange your displays The host system's software also needs to support MST for hubs or daisy-chains to work. While Microsoft Windows environments have full support for it, Apple operating systems currently do not support MST hubs or DisplayPort daisy-chaining as of macOS 10.15 ("Catalina"). [55] [56] DisplayPort version 1.4 was published 1 March 2016. [22] No new transmission modes are defined, so HBR3 (32.4 Gbit/s) as introduced in version 1.3 still remains as the highest available mode. DisplayPort 1.4 adds support for Display Stream Compression 1.2 (DSC), Forward Error Correction, HDR10 metadata defined in CTA-861.3, including static and dynamic metadata and the Rec. 2020 color space, for HDMI interoperability, [23] and extends the maximum number of inline audio channels to 32. [24] 1.4a [ edit ]

DisplayPort Marketing Guidelines R14" (PDF). 8 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 March 2019 . Retrieved 25 March 2019. High-resolution displays and multiple displays with a single connection, via a hub or daisy-chaining [68] pins for the auxiliary channel – the auxiliary channel uses another 3-pin shielded twisted pair (pins 15–17) DisplayPort FAQ". Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Archived from the original on 13 November 2015 . Retrieved 23 November 2015. VESA Strengthens 8K Video Resolution Ecosystem with Market-ready DP8K Certified DisplayPort Cables". VESA– Interface Standards for The Display Industry. 3 January 2018.FAQ for HDMI 2.0". HDMI. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019 . Retrieved 29 November 2013. DisplayPort Dual-Mode ( DP++), also called Dual-Mode DisplayPort, is a standard which allows DisplayPort sources to use simple passive adapters to connect to HDMI or DVI displays. Dual-mode is an optional feature, so not all DisplayPort sources necessarily support DVI/HDMI passive adapters, though in practice nearly all devices do. Officially, the "DP++" logo should be used to indicate a DP port that supports dual-mode, but most modern devices do not use the logo. DisplayPort 1.2 has more bandwidth at 21.6 Gbit/s [74] (17.28 Gbit/s with overhead removed) as opposed to HDMI 2.0's 18 Gbit/s [75] (14.4 Gbit/s with overhead removed). a b "Mini DisplayPort Connector Standard, Version 1.0". Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). 26 October 2009 . Retrieved 13 May 2018.

Standard DisplayPort cable connections do not use the DP_PWR pin. Connecting the DP_PWR pins of two devices directly together through a cable can create a short circuit which can potentially damage devices, since the DP_PWR pins on two devices are unlikely to have exactly the same voltage (especially with a ±10% tolerance). [45] For this reason, the DisplayPort 1.1 and later standards specify that passive DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort cables must leave pin 20 unconnected. [8] : §3.2.2 VESA Issues Internal DisplayPort Standard for Flat Panel TVs" (PDF). VESA. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Can drive display panels directly, eliminating scaling and control circuits and allowing for cheaper and slimmer displaysThe tables below describe the refresh frequencies that can be achieved with each transmission mode. In general, maximum refresh frequency is determined by the transmission mode (RBR, HBR, HBR2, HBR3, UHBR 10, UHBR 13.5, or UHBR 20). These transmission modes were introduced to the DisplayPort standard as follows: