Digital Visual Interface

Also known as DVI

standard for transmitting digital video to a display

Key facts

Type: Digital video connector
Designer: Digital Display Working Group
Designed: April 1999 ; 27 years ago ( 1999-04 )
Produced: 1999–present
Superseded: VGA connector
Superseded by: DisplayPort , HDMI
Hot pluggable: Yes
External: Yes
Video signal: Digital video stream:, Single link: 1920 × 1200 ( WUXGA ) @ 60 Hz or 2560 × 1600 ( WQXGA ) @ 30 Hz , Dual link: 2560 × 1600 ( WQXGA ) @ 60 Hz or 3840 × 2400 ( WQUXGA ) @ 30 Hz , Analog video stream: 1920 × 1200 ( WUXGA ) @ 60 Hz
Pins: DVI-D Single Link: 19, DVI-D Dual Link: 25, DVI-I Single Link: 23, DVI-I Dual Link: 29, DVI-A: 11, DVI-M1-DA: 35
Bitrate: (Single link) 3.96 Gbit/s , (Dual link) 7.92 Gbit/s
Protocol: 3 × transition minimized differential signaling data and clock
Pin 1: TMDS data 2−
Pin 2: TMDS data 2+
Pin 3: TMDS data 2/4 shield
Pin 4: TMDS data 4−
Pin 5: TMDS data 4+
Pin 6: DDC clock

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inception: 1999-04-00

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Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). The digital interface is used to connect a video source, such as a video display controller, to a display device, such as a computer monitor. It was developed with the intention of creating an industry standard for the transfer of uncompressed digital video content.

DVI devices manufactured as DVI-I have support for analog connections, and are compatible with the analog VGA interface by including VGA pins, while DVI-D devices are digital-only. This compatibility, along with other advantages, led to its widespread acceptance over competing digital display standards Plug and Display (P&D) and Digital Flat Panel (DFP). Although DVI is predominantly associated with computers, it is sometimes used in other consumer electronics such as television sets and DVD players.