Description
DVI, or Digital Video Interface Technology came about in 1999 as a result of the formation of the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) a year prior. Their original mission was to create a standard digital video interface for communication between a Personal Computer and a VGA monitor. Recently, however, the consumer electronics industry began implementing DVD players, set-top boxes, televisions, and LCD/plasma monitors with DVI technology. DVI, having been designed to transfer uncompressed, real-time digital video, could support resolutions of 1600x1200 and above on a PC, and HDTV resolutions of 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. DVI connections are made up of either single or dual TMDS (Transition Minimized Differential Signaling) links depending on the application. DVI also implements HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection).