Features:

*5.184 or 8.64 Gbit/s forward link channel supports high resolution displays with a single cable.
*8b/10b data transmission (up to 2.7 GHz symbol rate, up to 4 lanes).
*Reduced bandwidth transmission for 15 metre cable (at least 1920x1080p60, 24 bpp).
*Full bandwidth transmission for 2 metre cable.
*Supports color depth of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16 bits per color component.
*Supports YCbCr color space (ITU-R BT.601-5 and BT.709-4), 4:2:2 chroma subsampling
*Supports legacy signal streams (analog and DVI/HDMI); backward compatibility achieved with adapters/dongles
*128-bit AES DisplayPort Content Protection (DPCP) support, and support for 40-bit High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) from version 1.1 onwards.
*Supports internal and external connections so that one standard can be used by computer makers reducing costs.[14]
*Open and extensible standard to help with broad adoption.

Supporters:

The following companies have announced their intention, at one point or another, to implement or support DisplayPort: AMD/ATI, Analogix, Apple, ASRock, ASUSTeK, Circuit Assembly, Dell, Genesis Microchip, Hewlett-Packard, Hosiden Corporation, Intel, Integrated Device Technology, Japan Aviation Electronics, Lenovo, Luxtera, Molex, NVIDIA, NXP Semiconductors, Palit Microsystems Palit, Parade Technologies, Pioneer Corporation, Philips, Quantum Data, S3 Graphics, Samsung, Sparkle Computer, Texas Instruments, and Tyco Electronics.