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CEA Releases Ultra HD/Widescreen Interface Standards

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has released a new standard, CEA-861-F, A DTV Profile for Uncompressed High-Speed Digital Interfaces, for the ultra HD and widescreen market.

The standard applies to a variety of DTV-related high-speed digital physical interfaces, such as: the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), Digital Visual Interface (DVI) 1.0, and Open LVDS Display Interface (LDI) specifications.

CEA-861-F was developed by the Uncompressed A/V Digital Interfaces working group, chaired by Mark Stockfisch of Quantum Data and Daniel Young of Toshiba. It was approved by CEA’s DTV Interface Subcommittee, chaired by Paul Thomsen of Hitachi. CEA-861-F is available on TechStreet.

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