Editing Digital Visual Interface (section)

{{Short description|Standard for transmitting digital video to a display}}
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{{Infobox connector
|name=Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
|type=Digital video connector
|logo= [[File:DVI.png|frameless|class=skin-invert|upright=0.7]]
|image= Dvi-cable.jpg
|caption=A [[Gender of connectors and fasteners|male]] DVI-D (single link) connector
|designer=[[Digital Display Working Group]]
|design_date={{start date and age|1999|4|}}
|manufacturer=
|production_date=1999–present
|superseded= [[VGA connector]]
|superseded_by=[[DisplayPort]], [[HDMI]]
|superseded_by_date=
|external=Yes
|hotplug=Yes
|length=
|width=
|height=
|video_signal=Digital video stream:<br />Single link: {{resx|1920&nbsp;×&nbsp;1200}} ([[WUXGA]])&nbsp;@ 60&nbsp;Hz or {{resx|2560 × 1600}} ([[WQXGA]])&nbsp;@ 30&nbsp;Hz <br />Dual link: {{resx|2560&nbsp;×&nbsp;1600}} ([[WQXGA]])&nbsp;@ 60&nbsp;Hz or {{resx|3840 × 2400}} ([[WQUXGA]])&nbsp;@ 30&nbsp;Hz <br />Analog video stream: {{resx|1920&nbsp;×&nbsp;1200}} ([[WUXGA]])&nbsp;@ 60&nbsp;Hz
|data_bit_width=
|data_bandwidth=(Single link) 3.96&nbsp;Gbit/s <br />(Dual link) 7.92&nbsp;Gbit/s
|data_devices=1
|data_style=3 × [[Transition Minimized Differential Signaling|transition minimized differential signaling]] data and clock
|cable=
|physical_connector=
|num_pins=DVI-D Single Link: 19<br />DVI-D Dual Link: 25<br />DVI-I Single Link: 23<br />DVI-I Dual Link: 29<br />DVI-A: 11<br />DVI-M1-DA: 35
|pinout_image=[[File:DVI Connector Pinout.svg|300px]]
|pinout_caption=A female DVI-I socket from the front
|pinout_image2=[[File:DVI pinout no info.png|300px]]
|pinout_caption2=Color coded (click to read text)

|pin1=Digital red− (link 1)
|pin1_name=[[TMDS]] data 2−
|pin2=Digital red+ (link 1)
|pin2_name=TMDS data 2+
|pin3=
|pin3_name=TMDS data 2/4 shield
|pin4=Digital green− (link 2)
|pin4_name=TMDS data 4−
|pin5=Digital green+ (link 2)
|pin5_name=TMDS data 4+
|pin6=
|pin6_name=DDC clock
|pin7=
|pin7_name=DDC data
|pin8=
|pin8_name=Analog vertical sync
|pin9=Digital green− (link 1)
|pin9_name=TMDS data 1−
|pin10=Digital green+ (link 1)
|pin10_name=TMDS data 1+
|pin11=
|pin11_name=TMDS data 1/3 shield
|pin12=Digital blue− (link 2)
|pin12_name=TMDS data 3−
|pin13=Digital blue+ (link 2)
|pin13_name=TMDS data 3+
|pin14=Power for monitor when in standby
|pin14_name=+5&nbsp;V
|pin15=Return for pin 14 and analog sync
|pin15_name=Ground
|pin16=
|pin16_name=Hot plug detect
|pin17=Digital blue− (link 1) and digital sync
|pin17_name=TMDS data 0−
|pin18=Digital blue+ (link 1) and digital sync
|pin18_name=TMDS data 0+
|pin19=
|pin19_name=TMDS data 0/5 shield
|pin20=Digital red− (link 2)
|pin20_name=TMDS data 5−
|pin21=Digital red+ (link 2)
|pin21_name=TMDS data 5+
|pin22=
|pin22_name=TMDS clock shield
|pin23=Digital clock+ (links 1 and 2)
|pin23_name=TMDS clock+
|pin24=Digital clock− (links 1 and 2)
|pin24_name=TMDS clock−
|pin_custom1_name=C1
|pin_name_custom1=Analog red
|pin_custom1=&nbsp;
|pin_custom2_name=C2
|pin_name_custom2=Analog green
|pin_custom2=&nbsp;
|pin_custom3_name=C3
|pin_name_custom3=Analog blue
|pin_custom3=&nbsp;
|pin_custom4_name=C4
|pin_name_custom4=Analog horizontal sync
|pin_custom4=&nbsp;
|pin_custom5_name=C5
|pin_name_custom5=Analog ground
|pin_custom5=Return for R, G, and B signals
|pinout_notes=
}}

'''Digital Visual Interface''' ('''DVI''') is a [[video display interface]] developed by the [[Digital Display Working Group]] (DDWG). The [[Digital data|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 [[data compression#Lossless|uncompressed]] digital video content.

DVI devices manufactured as DVI-I have support for analog connections, and are compatible with the analog [[VGA]] interface<ref name="2000 Press Release">{{cite news|url=http://www.ddwg.org/articles.asp?id=22|title=Digital Visual Interface adoption accelerates as industry prepares for next wave of DVI-compliant products|date=February 16, 2000|publisher=DDWG, copy preserved by [[Internet Archive]]|access-date=29 March 2012|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828233809/http://www.ddwg.org/articles.asp?id=22|archive-date=28 August 2007}}</ref> 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 [[VESA Digital Flat Panel|Digital Flat Panel]] (DFP).<ref name="Competing standards">{{cite web|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/tft-guide-part-3,117.html|title=TFT Guide Part 3 - Digital Interfaces|last=Eiden|first=Hermann|date=July 7, 1999|publisher=TomsHardware.com|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> Although DVI is predominantly associated with computers, it is sometimes used in other consumer electronics such as [[television set]]s and [[DVD player]]s.