VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years 704
angry tapir writes "Legacy VGA and DVI display ports are likely to be phased out in PCs over the next five years, according to a study by NPD In-Stat. Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are ending chipset support for VGA by 2015. The VGA interface was originally introduced in 1986 and DVI was introduced in 1999."
Re:why phase out DVI? (Score:5, Funny)
That is why it is being killed off.
Re:Interesting (Score:5, Funny)
I guess 25 is almost 35.
Especially when you're 16.
Re:why phase out DVI? (Score:5, Funny)
Trying to close the analog hole I guess. Using "smart" HDMI can more easily be used with DRMs. Coupled with machine you can not choose the OS of, and you might have quite annoying copy protection schemes.
Yep. Hollywood and Big Media will be pushing for a monitor standard which detects uncertified video, blocks it, reports you and sets your house on fire.
Awesome (Score:5, Funny)
Now I can pull video cable up the back of a workstation without it catching on every god damned cable, wire, footstool and purse in the remote vicinity.
Raspberry Pi (Score:5, Funny)
And people complain that the Raspberry Pi (which is not even out the door yet) doesn't support VGA... sheesh.
Re:why phase out DVI? (Score:4, Funny)
Yep. Hollywood and Big Media will be pushing for a monitor standard which detects uncertified video, blocks it, reports you and sets your house on fire.
Yes, but it will only work on x86 CPUs with the HCF instruction set extension.
Re:why phase out DVI? (Score:5, Funny)
They started a joint venture with Ubisoft?
Re:Business use laptops and projectors (Score:4, Funny)
Re:why phase out DVI? (Score:5, Funny)
From your nic, I presume that you're not much up on the leading edge of computer hardware.
You mean he has an ancient ISA one with 10Base2 BNC connectors or something like that?