Intel and AMD sign death warrant for VGA port

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Rival processor makers Intel and AMD may not agree on much, but they are of one mind about the future of the venerable VGA graphics port: it doesn't have one. The two chipmakers are joined by Dell, Lenovo, Samsung, and LG in an industry-spanning agreement to phase out VGA entirely by 2015, and to standardize solely on HDMI and DisplayPort.

"DisplayPort and HDMI allow for slimmer laptop designs, and support higher resolutions with deeper color than VGA—a technology which is more than 20 years old," the companies wrote in a joint press release. "Additionally, as laptops get smaller and their embedded flat panel resolutions increase for more immersive experiences, the power advantages, bidirectional communications and design efficiency benefits of DisplayPort make it a superior choice over LVDS, the previous standard for LCD panel inputs."

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[James_A]

DVI was supposed to replace VGA.

Then UDI (proposed by Intel) was supposed to replace DVI. It failed.

The problem with HDMI is that manufacturers are charged an annual $10,000 royalty fee to put HDMI ports on their equipment.

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[Eldmannen]

I don't think that HDMI should be used, since it is not royalty-free.

Also, I am not so much happy about VGA disappearing because it does not have DRM.

Newer technologies such as HDMI have HDCP, which is a DRM that encrypts the transmission.