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Thanks. I didn't know there were other manufacturers making monitors with DisplayPort inputs. I use mostly NVidia cards and Linux, so I was being genuine about my 'naive' status. My impression was that DisplayPort was dead outside Apple. Does you think it's still up and coming, or is it another Beta/VHS problem?


If my memory serves me _right_, I saw a Dell POS (Point of Sale) system a couple of days ago that had an integrated Intel videocard which offered only VGA and DP outputs. If you wanted a (legacy) DVI output you had to buy an extra ATI card that had DVI output.

Also a couple of new laptops offer DP output and combined with the advantages that others have already mentioned, I think that it has a future and it will replace DVI, but not HDMI.




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