Atlona announces support for DisplayPort, promises to release cables

Make no mistake, Atlona's a bona fide supporter of HDMI, but it's making absolutely sure you know that it will also be throwing its support behind DisplayPort. Of course, all it's saying at the moment is that it will soon be providing DisplayPort cabling "for as long as one of its customers has a need for one," but it looks like we'll have to be patient before finding out what other sort of DisplayPort contraptions the firm has up its sleeve.

[(Unverified) Posted May 21st 2008 8:46AM]

I don't get this. Is DisplayPort compatible with HDMI or not? And if it is, what is the point of a separate standard? This stuff should get rolled into HDMI as a profile or something.

[(Unverified) Posted May 21st 2008 9:48AM]

Hi Mark

They're completely different standards. It's actually better than HDMI. Plus it's license free, no HDMI royalties involved.

Here's a little blog post that might explain more.
http://www.gizmorepublic.com/accessories/atlona-cheap-displayport-cables-next-hdmi-5310

[(Unverified) Posted May 21st 2008 11:07AM]

Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ, do we *really* need yet another cable/port option?