Manufacturers announced policy to abolish "analog RGB" and "DVI" of personal computer

It has been used for a long time as a connection terminal between a personal computer and a monitorAnalog RGB (VGA)It is finally obvious that it will be abolished.

Although the shadow has become faded due to the spread of HDMI in recent years, Panasonic's laptop for business "Let'snote" continues to be supported even now, such as mainly business applications, even now even active Although it is analog RGB, it seems time is nearing to finish the function.

Similarly, "DVIIt is planned to be abolished.

Details are as below.
Leading PC Companies Move to All Digital Display Technology, Phasing out Analog

According to Intel 's press release, Intel and AMD, DELL, Lenovo, Samsung, LG Electronics today announced that they are widely accepted, such as "DisplayPort" and "HDMI" for the standards for connecting personal computers and monitors, It is said that it announced that it accelerated the transition to the digital interface that realized it.

In response to the miniaturization of the notebook computer and the improvement of the resolution of the liquid crystal display installed in the notebook PC, the complete transition to the digital interface is also necessary in terms of power consumption and the like.

In addition, Intel and AMD are using the digital wired transmission technology "laptop computer liquid crystal display connection"LVDS (Low voltage differential signaling)In addition to announcing that it will terminate support in 2013, we are beginning to gradually reduce analog RGB compatible products in 2013 and have decided to abolish support for analog RGB in 2015, At the same time we are closing down on the analog standard "DVI-I" of "DVI".

In the future, each company will eliminate past interfaces such as analog RGB, LVDS, and DVI,HDMI 1.4a"For personal computer monitors,"DisplayPort 1.2It is said that it is a policy to adopt it as mainstream standard.