DisplayID-v2.0

VESADisplayIDStandardVersion2.0Copyright©2017VideoElectronicsStandardsAssociation.Allrightsreserved.Page1of99VESADisplayIDStandardVersion2.011September,2017(e.g.,laptopLCDpanels),andotherdisplayproducts.TheDisplayIDstructuredefinitionisintendedtobeanon-ambiguous,simple,andcompactdatadeclarationthatprovidesinformationaboutmoderndisplaysthatareusedbythesystem.Thisinformationincludesmodelandspecificunitidentificationinformation,colorimetry,colordepth,colorspace,nativegammaEOTF,audiofeaturesupport,supportedtimings,andsupportedformatsthataretobesuppliedtothehostvideosourceoveranappropriatecommunicationschannel(e.g.,VESAE-DDC).TheSourcedevicemaythenusethisinformationtoautomaticallyconfigureitselftooptimallysupportthedisplayinuse.Notes:DisplayIDv2.0retainsthesamestructureasDisplayIDv1.3,buthasbeenupdatedwithnewdatablocksthataredesignedtobetteraccommodatemoderndisplayrequirementsandcapabilities.DisplayIDstructuresarenotdirectlybackward-compatiblewithearlierEDID/E-EDIDdefinitions,butdoincludemanyofthesameand/orsimilardatafielddefinitionsfromthoseearlierstandards.Inmanycases,similardatafieldshavebeenextendedtoprovidegreatermagnitudeand/orprecisionthanwaspossiblewithEDID/E-EDID.VESADisplayIDStandardVersion2.0Copyright©2017VideoElectronicsStandardsAssociation.Allrightsreserved.Page2of99ContentsPurpose....................................................................1Summary...................................................................1Preface.....................................................................8IntellectualProperty....................................................8Trademarks...........................................................8SupportforthisStandard.................................................8Patents...............................................................9Acknowledgments......................................................9RevisionHistory......................................................10Section1Overview.....................................................111.1Summary......................................................111.2BackgroundandChangesfromPreviousEDIDDefinitions...............111.3StandardObjectives..............................................121.4ReferenceDocuments............................................121.5Terminology...................................................141.6Conventions....................................................151.6.1Precedence...............................................151.6.2Keywords................................................151.6.3Numbering...............................................151.6.4DataFormatConventions...................................16Section2DisplayIDStructureandFormatDefinition.........................17Section3DataBlocks–DescriptionandUsage.............................223.1DataBlockFormatandDefinitions..................................243.2DisplayIDSection–AVisualRepresentation.........................26Section4DataBlockDefinitions..........................................284.1ProductIdentificationDataBlock...................................294.1.1Manufacturer/VendorIDField...............................304.1.2ProductIDCodeField......................................304.1.3SerialNumberField.......................................314.1.4WeekofManufacture/ModelTagandYearofManufacture/ModelYearFields.........................................324.1.5SizeofProductNameStringandProductNameStringFields.......33VESADisplayIDStandardVersion2.0Copyright©2017VideoElectronicsStandardsAssociation.Allrightsreserved.Page3of994.2DisplayParametersDataBlock.....................................344.2.1HorizontalImageSizeandVerticalImageSizeFields.............364.2.2HorizontalPixelCountandVerticalPixelCountFields(NativeFormat)...........................................374.2.3FeatureSupportFlagsField..................................374.2.4NativeColorChromaticityFields.............................394.2.5NativeLuminance-relatedFields.............................424.2.6NativeColorDepthandDisplayDeviceTechnologyFields........434.2.7NativeGammaEOTFField..................................444.3VideoTimingMode-relatedDataBlocks.............................444.3.1TypeVIITiming–DetailedTimingDataBlock.................454.3.2TypeVIIITiming–Enumerated