# Video Electronics Standards Association

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{{Short description|Technical standards organization for computer displays}}
{{About|the organization|the display mounting standard|Flat Display Mounting Interface}}
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'''VESA''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|iː|s|ə}}), formally known as '''Video Electronics Standards Association''', is an American [technical standards organization](/source/standards_organization) for [computer display standard](/source/computer_display_standard)s. The organization was incorporated in [California](/source/California) in July 1989<ref name="CA SOS VESA Entity Detail">{{cite web |title=Business Entity Detail: Video Electronics Standards Association |url=http://kepler.sos.ca.gov |author=California Secretary of State |author-link=Secretary of State of California |id=Entity Number C1645094 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315010639/http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ |archive-date=March 15, 2015 |access-date=May 27, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}To retrieve the information, search for Entity Number C1645094.</ref> and has its office in [San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California).<ref name="CA SOS VESA Entity Detail"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Contact VESA |url=http://www.vesa.org/about-vesa/contact-vesa |author=Video Electronics Standards Association |website=VESA.org |access-date=May 27, 2016 }}</ref> It claims a membership of over 300 companies.<ref name="VESA mission">{{Cite web |last=Video Electronics Standards Association |title=Mission/Vision |url=http://www.vesa.org/about-vesa/missionvision |access-date=2020-07-16 |website=VESA.org }}</ref>

In November 1988, [NEC Home Electronics](/source/NEC) announced its creation of the association to develop and promote a [Super VGA](/source/Super_VGA) [computer display standard](/source/computer_display_standard) as a successor to [IBM](/source/IBM)'s [proprietary](/source/proprietary_software) [Video Graphics Array](/source/Video_Graphics_Array) (VGA) display standard. Super VGA enabled [graphics display resolution](/source/graphics_display_resolution)s up to 800×600 [pixel](/source/pixel)s, compared to VGA's maximum resolution of 640×480 pixels—a 56% increase.<ref name="InfoWorld 1988-11-14">{{cite news |title=NEC Forms Video Standards Group |first=Mark |last=Brownstein |work=[InfoWorld](/source/InfoWorld) |issn=0199-6649 |date=November 14, 1988 |volume=10 |issue=46 |page=3 |access-date=May 27, 2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT2 }}</ref>

The organization has since issued several additional standards related to computer video displays. Widely used VESA standards include [DisplayHDR](/source/High-dynamic-range_video), [DisplayPort](/source/DisplayPort), and [Flat Display Mounting Interface](/source/Flat_Display_Mounting_Interface).

== Standards ==
* [Feature connector](/source/Feature_connector) (VFC), obsolete connector that was often present on older videocards, used as an 8-bit video bus to other devices
* VESA Advanced Feature Connector (VAFC), newer version of the VFC that widens the bus to either a 16-bit or 32-bit bus
* [VESA Local Bus](/source/VESA_Local_Bus) (VLB), once used as a fast video bus (akin to the more recent [Accelerated Graphics Port](/source/Accelerated_Graphics_Port) (AGP))
* [VESA BIOS Extensions](/source/VESA_BIOS_Extensions) (VBE), used for enabling standard support for advanced video modes<ref name="byte_12_1990_vga_to_the_max">{{Cite magazine |date=December 1990 |title=VGA to the max |magazine=[BYTE](/source/BYTE) |last=Kliewer |first=Bradley Dyck |url=https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1990-12/page/n403/mode/2up |access-date=2026-01-06 |pages=355-360 |volume=15 |issue=13 |issn=0360-5280}}</ref>
* [Display Data Channel](/source/Display_Data_Channel) (DDC), a data link protocol which a host device can use to control an attached display and communicate EDID, DPMS, MCCS and similar messages
* [Extended Display Identification Data](/source/Extended_Display_Identification_Data) (EDID), a data format for display identification data
* [Monitor Control Command Set](/source/Monitor_Control_Command_Set) (MCCS), a message protocol for controlling display parameters such as brightness, contrast, display orientation from the host device
* [DisplayID](/source/DisplayID), display identification data format, which is a replacement for E-EDID
* [VESA Display Power Management Signaling](/source/VESA_Display_Power_Management_Signaling) (DPMS), which can be used to invoke power saving modes in monitors
* [Digital Packet Video Link](/source/Digital_Packet_Video_Link) (DPVL), a display link standard that can be used to update only portions of the screen
* VESA Stereo, a standard 3-pin connector for synchronization of [stereoscopic](/source/stereoscopy) images with [LC shutter glasses](/source/LC_shutter_glasses)
* [Flat Display Mounting Interface](/source/Flat_Display_Mounting_Interface) (FDMI)
* [Generalized Timing Formula](/source/Generalized_Timing_Formula) (GTF), video timing standard
* [Coordinated Video Timings](/source/Coordinated_Video_Timings) (CVT), a replacement for GTF
* VESA Video Interface Port (VIP), a digital video interface standard
* [DisplayPort](/source/DisplayPort) (DP), a digital display interface standard
* [VESA Enhanced Video Connector](/source/VESA_Enhanced_Video_Connector), an obsolete standard for reducing the number of cables around computers
* [DisplayHDR](/source/High-dynamic-range_video), a standard to simplify HDR specifications for the display industry and consumers

== History ==
At the time [DisplayPort](/source/DisplayPort) was announced, VESA was criticized for developing the specification in secret and having a track record of developing unsuccessful digital interface standards, including [Plug & Display](/source/VESA_Plug_and_Display) and [Digital Flat Panel](/source/Digital_Flat_Panel).<ref>{{cite web |title=Commentary: Will VESA survive DisplayPort? |date=13 October 2005 |url=http://digitimes.com/displays/a20051007PR200.html }}</ref>

==Members==
The following major companies are members of VESA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Companies |url=https://vesa.org/about-vesa/member-companies/ |website=VESA |access-date=10 July 2019 }}</ref>
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* [AMD](/source/AMD)
* [Apple Inc.](/source/Apple_Inc.)
* [Canon Inc.](/source/Canon_Inc.)
* [Casio](/source/Casio)
* [Dell](/source/Dell)
* [Dolby Laboratories](/source/Dolby_Laboratories)
* [Foxconn](/source/Foxconn)
* [Fujitsu](/source/Fujitsu)
* [Gigabyte Technology](/source/Gigabyte_Technology)
* [Google](/source/Google)
* [HP](/source/Hewlett-Packard)
* [HTC](/source/HTC)
* [Huawei](/source/Huawei)
* [Ikegami Tsushinki](/source/Ikegami_Tsushinki)
* [Intel Corporation](/source/Intel_Corporation)
* [JVC Kenwood](/source/JVC_Kenwood)
* [Lenovo](/source/Lenovo)
* [LG Electronics](/source/LG_Electronics)
* [Maxell](/source/Maxell)
* [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft)
* [NEC](/source/NEC)
* [Nvidia](/source/Nvidia)
* [Panasonic](/source/Panasonic)
* [Parade Technologies](/source/Parade_Technologies)
* [Samsung Electronics](/source/Samsung_Electronics)
* [Seiko Epson](/source/Seiko_Epson)
* [Sony](/source/Sony)
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}

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