ExtremeTech has details about ‘ DisplayPort , ’ a new purpose video interconnect criterion that would be used as a catch - all solution for connecting televisions , liquid crystal display , CRTs , and projectors to all personal manner of computer and home entertainment devices . That ’s the good part — one slender plug that should work with everything , which will even brook audio . The risky part is that DisplayPort will be part of an overall ‘ trust ’ computing weapons platform , where media inside your computer can control your access to your own ironware .
The head is , why is this necessary ? If my information processing system ‘ trust ’ me enough to let me act media I have buy ( all the knack - ups of that process notwithstanding ) , why would I need my display to wedge me to another tab , as well ? Of course , the solution is that it ’s not necessary at all , but the more hurdles the hardware manufacturers put up , the more hard it will be to circumvent copyright , should you want to do something like , say , find out a DVD in Linux .
DVI should hold us for the forseeable future . I think I ’ll just be sticking with that .
“ DisplayPort ” Could Introduce Protected Displays[ExtremeTech ]
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