Extended Display Identification Data

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Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) is a metadata format for display devices to describe their capabilities to a video source (e.g. graphics card or set-top box). The data format is defined by a standard published by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA).

The EDID data structure includes manufacturer name and serial number, product type, phosphor or filter type, timings supported by the display, display size, luminance data and (for digital displays only) pixel mapping data.

DisplayID is a VESA standard targeted to replace EDID and E-EDID extensions with a uniform format suited for both PC monitor and consumer electronics devices.

Background

EDID structure versions range from v1.0 to v1.4; all these define upwards-compatible 128-byte structures. Version 2.0 defined a new 256-byte structure but it has been deprecated and replaced by v1.3 which supports multiple extension blocks.[citation needed] HDMI versions 1.0–1.3c use EDID structure v1.3.[1]

Before Display Data Channel (DDC) and EDID were defined, there was no standard way for a graphics card to know what kind of display device it was connected to. Some VGA connectors in personal computers provided a basic form of identification by connecting one, two or three pins to ground, but this coding was not standardized.

The channel for transmitting the EDID from the display to the graphics card is usually the I²C-bus, defined in DDC2B (DDC1 used a different serial format which never gained popularity).

The EDID is often stored in the monitor in a memory device called a serial PROM (programmable read-only memory) or EEPROM (electrically erasable PROM) and is accessible via the I²C-bus at address 0xA0. The EDID PROM can often be read by the host PC even if the display itself is turned off.

Many software packages can read and display the EDID information, such as read-edid[2] for Linux and DOS, PowerStrip[3] for Microsoft Windows and XFree86 for Linux and BSD unix. Mac OS X natively reads EDID information and programs such as SwitchResX[4] or DisplayConfigX[5] can display the information as well as use it to define custom resolutions.

Enhanced EDID was introduced at the same time as E-DDC; it introduced EDID structure version 1.3 which supports multiple extensions blocks and deprecated EDID version 2.0 structure (although it can be supported as an extension). Data fields for preferred timing, range limits, and monitor name are required in E-EDID. E-EDID also supports dual GTF timings and aspect ratio change.[clarification needed]

With the use of extensions, E-EDID string can be lengthened up to 32 KBytes.

EDID Extensions assigned by VESA

  • Timing Extension (00h)
  • Additional Timing Data Block (CEA EDID Timing Extension) (02h)
  • Video Timing Block Extension (VTB-EXT) (10h)
  • EDID 2.0 Extension (20h)
  • Display Information Extension (DI-EXT) (40h)
  • Localized String Extension (LS-EXT) (50h)
  • Microdisplay Interface Extension (MI-EXT) (60h)
  • Display ID Extension (70h)
  • Display Transfer Characteristics Data Block (DTCDB) (A7h, AFh, BFh)
  • Block Map (F0h)
  • Display Device Data Block (DDDB) (FFh)
  • Extension defined by monitor manufacturer (FFh): According to LS-EXT, actual contents varies from manufacturer. However, the value is later used by DDDB.

Revision history

  • August 1994, DDC standard version 1 – EDID v1.0 structure.
  • April 1996, EDID standard version 2 – EDID v1.1 structure.
  • 1997, EDID standard version 3 – EDID structures v1.2 and v2.0
  • February 2000, E-EDID Standard Release A, v1.0 – EDID structure v1.3, EDID structure v2.0 deprecated
  • September 2006 – E-EDID Standard Release A, v2.0 – EDID structure v1.4

Limitations

Some graphics card drivers have historically coped poorly with the EDID, using only its standard timing descriptors rather than its Detailed Timing Descriptors (DTDs). Even in cases where the DTDs were read, the drivers are/were still often limited by the standard timing descriptor limitation that the horizontal/vertical resolutions must be evenly divisible by 8. This means that many graphics cards cannot express the native resolutions of the most common wide screen flat panel displays and liquid crystal display televisions. The number of vertical pixels is calculated from the horizontal resolution and the selected aspect ratio. To be fully expressible, the size of wide screen display must thus be a multiple of 16×9 pixels. For 1366×768 pixel Wide XGA panels the nearest resolution expressible in the EDID standard timing descriptor syntax is 1360×765 pixels, typically leading to 3 pixel thin black bars. Specifying 1368 pixels as the screen width would yield an unnatural screen height of 769.5 pixels.

Many Wide XGA panels do not advertise their native resolution in the standard timing descriptors, instead offering only a resolution of 1280×768. Some panels advertise a resolution only slightly smaller than the native, such as 1360×765. For these panels to be able to show a pixel perfect image, the EDID data must be ignored by the display driver or the driver must correctly interpret the DTD and be able to resolve resolutions whose size is not divisible by 8. Special programs are available to override the standard timing descriptors from EDID data. Even this is not always possible, as some vendors' graphics drivers (notably those of Intel) require specific registry hacks to implement custom resolutions, which can make it very difficult to use the screen's native resolution.[6]

EDID 1.4 data format

EDID structure, version 1.4[7][8]
Bytes Description
0–19 Header information
0–7 Fixed header pattern: 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00
8–9 Manufacturer ID. This is a legacy Plug and Play ID assigned by Microsoft, which is a big-endian 16-bit value made up of three 5-bit letters: 00001=A, 00010=B, ... 11010=Z. E.g. 24 4d = 0 01001 00010 01101 = "IBM".
Bit 15 (Reserved, always 0)
Bits 14–10 First letter of manufacturer ID (byte 8, bits 6–2)
Bits 9–5 Second letter of manufacturer ID (byte 8, bit 1 through byte 9 bit 5)
Bits 4–0 Third letter of manufacturer ID (byte 9 bits 4–0)
10–11 Manufacturer product code. 16-bit number, little-endian.
12–15 Serial number. 32 bits, little endian.
16 Week of manufacture, or model year flag. Week numbering is not consistent between manufacturers.
17 Year of manufacture, less 1990 (1990–2245). If week=255, it is the model year instead.
18 EDID version, usually 1 (for 1.3)
19 EDID revision, usually 3 (for 1.3)
20–24 Basic display parameters.
20 Video input parameters bitmap
Bit 7=1 Digital input. If set, the following bit definitions apply:
Bits 6–4 Bit depth: 000=undefined, 001=6, 010=8, 011=10, 100=12, 101=14, 110=16 bits per color, 111=reserved
Bits 3–0 Video interface: 0000=undefined, 0001=HDMIa, 0010=HDMIb, 0100=MDDI, 0101=DisplayPort
Bit 7=0 Analog input. If clear, the following bit definitions apply:
Bits 6–5 Video white and sync levels, relative to blank: 00=+0.7/−0.3 V; 01=+0.714/−0.286 V; 10=+1.0/−0.4 V; 11=+0.7/0 V
Bit 4 Blank-to-black setup (pedestal) expected
Bit 3 Separate sync supported
Bit 2 Composite sync (on HSync) supported
Bit 1 Sync on green supported
Bit 0 VSync pulse must be serrated when composite or sync-on-green is used.
21 Horizontal screen size, in centimetres (range 1-255). If vsize=0, landscape aspect ratio (range 1.00-3.54), datavalue = (AR×100)-99 (example: 16:9 = 79, 4:3 = 34)
22 Vertical screen size, in centimetres. If hsize=0, portrait aspect ratio (range 0.28-0.99), datavalue = (100/AR)-99 (example: 9:16 = 79, 3:4 = 34). If either byte is 0, screen size and aspect ration are undefined (e.g. projector)
23 Display gamma, factory default (range 1.00–3.54), datavalue = (gamma×100)-100 = (gamma−1)×100. If 225, gamma is defined by DI-EXT block.
24 Supported features bitmap
Bit 7 DPMS standby supported
Bit 6 DPMS suspend supported
Bit 5 DPMS active-off supported
Bits 4–3 Display type (digital): 00 = RGB 4:4:4; 01 = RGB 4:4:4 + YCrCb 4:4:4; 10 = RGB 4:4:4 + YCrCb 4:2:2; 11 = RGB 4:4:4 + YCrCb 4:4:4 + YCrCb 4:2:2
Bits 4–3 Display type (analog): 00 = Monochrome or Grayscale; 01 = RGB color; 10 = Non-RGB color; 11 = Undefined
Bit 2 Standard sRGB colour space. Bytes 25–34 must contain sRGB standard values.
Bit 1 Preferred timing mode specified in descriptor block 1. For EDID 1.3+ the preferred timing mode is always in the first Detailed Timing Descriptor. In that case, this bit specifies whether the preferred timing mode includes native pixel format and refresh rate.
Bit 0 Continuous timings with GTF or CVT
25–34 Chromaticity coordinates.
10-bit CIE 1931 xy coordinates for red, green, blue, and white point
25 Red and green least-significant bits (2−9, 2−10)
Bits 7–6 Red x value least-significant 2 bits
Bits 5–4 Red y value least-significant 2 bits
Bits 3–2 Green x value least-significant 2 bits
Bits 1–0 Green y value least-significant 2 bits
26 Blue and white least-significant 2 bits
27 Red x value most significant 8 bits (2−1,...,2−8). 0–255 encodes fractional 0–0.996 (255/256); 0–0.999 (1023/1024) with lsbits
28 Red y value most significant 8 bits
29–30 Green x and y value most significant 8 bits
31–32 Blue x and y value most significant 8 bits
33–34 Default white point x and y value most significant 8 bits
35–37 Established timing bitmap. Supported bitmap for (formerly) very common timing modes.
35 Bit 7 720×400 @ 70 Hz (VGA)
Bit 6 720×400 @ 88 Hz (XGA)
Bit 5 640×480 @ 60 Hz (VGA)
Bit 4 640×480 @ 67 Hz (Apple Macintosh II)
Bit 3 640×480 @ 72 Hz
Bit 2 640×480 @ 75 Hz
Bit 1 800×600 @ 56 Hz
Bit 0 800×600 @ 60 Hz
36 Bit 7 800×600 @ 72 Hz
Bit 6 800×600 @ 75 Hz
Bit 5 832×624 @ 75 Hz (Apple Macintosh II)
Bit 4 1024×768 @ 87 Hz, interlaced (1024×768i)
Bit 3 1024×768 @ 60 Hz
Bit 2 1024×768 @ 72 Hz
Bit 1 1024×768 @ 75 Hz
Bit 0 1280×1024 @ 75 Hz
37 Bit 7 1152x870 @ 75 Hz (Apple Macintosh II)
Bits 6–0 Other manufacturer-specific display modes
38–53 Standard timing information. Up to 8 2-byte fields describing standard display modes.
Unused fields are filled with 01 01
Byte 0 X resolution, divided by 8, less 31 (256–2288 pixels, value 00 is reserved and should not be used)
Byte 1 bits 7–6 Image aspect ratio: 00=16:10; 01=4:3; 10=5:4; 11=16:9.
(Versions prior to 1.3 defined 00 as 1:1.)
Byte 1 bits 5–0 Vertical frequency, less 60 (60–123 Hz)
54–71 Descriptor 1 Descriptor blocks. Detailed timing descriptors, in decreasing preference order. After all detailed timing descriptors, additional descriptors are permitted:
  • Monitor range limits (required)
  • ASCII text (monitor name (required), monitor serial number or unstructured text)
  • 6 Additional standard timing information blocks
  • Colour point data
72–89 Descriptor 2
90–107 Descriptor 3
108–125 Descriptor 4
126 Number of extensions to follow. 0 if no extensions.
127 Checksum. Sum of all 128 bytes should equal 0 (mod 256).
EDID Detailed Timing Descriptor[7]
Bytes Description
0–1 Pixel clock in 10 kHz units. (0.01–655.35 MHz, little-endian)
2 Horizontal active pixels 8 lsbits (0–4095)
3 Horizontal blanking pixels 8 lsbits (0–4095) End of active to start of next active.
4 Bits 7–4 Horizontal active pixels 4 msbits
Bits 3–0 Horizontal blanking pixels 4 msbits
5 Vertical active lines 8 lsbits (0–4095)
6 Vertical blanking lines 8 lsbits (0–4095)
7 Bits 7–4 Vertical active lines 4 msbits
Bits 3–0 Vertical blanking lines 4 msbits
8 Horizontal front porch (sync offset) pixels 8 lsbits (0–1023) From blanking start
9 Horizontal sync pulse width pixels 8 lsbits (0–1023)
10 Bits 7–4 Vertical front porch (sync offset) lines 4 lsbits (0–63)
Bits 3–0 Vertical sync pulse width lines 4 lsbits (0–63)
11 Bits 7–6 Horizontal front porch (sync offset) pixels 2 msbits
Bits 5–4 Horizontal sync pulse width pixels 2 msbits
Bits 3–2 Vertical front porch (sync offset) lines 2 msbits
Bits 1–0 Vertical sync pulse width lines 2 msbits
12 Horizontal image size, mm, 8 lsbits (0–4095 mm, 161 in)
13 Vertical image size, mm, 8 lsbits (0–4095 mm, 161 in)
14 Bits 7–4 Horizontal image size, mm, 4 msbits
Bits 3–0 Vertical image size, mm, 4 msbits
15 Horizontal border pixels (one side; total is twice this)
16 Vertical border lines (one side; total is twice this)
17 Features bitmap
Bit 7 Interlaced
Bits 6–5 Stereo mode: 00=No stereo; other values depend on bit 0:
Bit 0=0: 01=Field sequential, sync=1 during right; 10=similar, sync=1 during left; 11=4-way interleaved stereo
Bit 0=1: 01=Right image on even lines; 10=Left image on even lines; 11=side-by-side
Bit 4=0 Analog sync.
If set, the following bit definitions apply:
Bit 3 Sync type: 0=Analog composite; 1=Bipolar analog composite
Bit 2 VSync serration (HSync during VSync)
Bit 1 Sync on all 3 RGB lines (else green only)
Bits 4-3=10 Digital composite (on HSync).
If set, the following bit definitions apply:
Bit 2 Vertical sync polarity (0=negative, 1=positive)
Bit 1 reserved
Bits 4-3=11 Digital separate sync.
If set, the following bit definitions apply:
Bit 2 VSync serration (HSync during VSync)
Bit 1 Horizontal Sync polarity (0=negative, 1=positive)
Bit 0 2-way line-interleaved or side-by-side interleaved stereo, if bits 6–5 are not 00.

When used for another descriptor, the pixel clock and some other bytes are set to 0:

EDID Other Monitor Descriptors[7]
Bytes Description
0–1 Zero, indicates not a detailed timing descriptor
2 Zero
3 Descriptor type. FAFF currently defined. 000F reserved for vendors.
4 Zero
5–17 Defined by descriptor type. If text, code page 437 text, terminated (if less than 13 bytes) with LF and padded with SP.

Currently defined descriptor types are:

  • 0xFF: Display serial number (ASCII text)
  • 0xFE: Unspecified text (ASCII text)
  • 0xFD: Display range limits. 6- or 13-byte (with additional timing) binary descriptor.
  • 0xFC: Display name (ASCII text).
  • 0xFB: Additional white point data. 2× 5-byte descriptors, padded with 0A 20 20.
  • 0xFA: Additional standard timing identifiers. 6× 2-byte descriptors, padded with 0A.
  • 0xF9 Display Color Management (DCM).
  • 0xF8 CVT 3-Byte Timing Codes.
  • 0xF7 Additional standard timing 3.
  • 0x10 Dummy identifier.
  • 00-0x0Fh Manufacturer reserved descriptors.
EDID Display Range Limits Descriptor[7]
Bytes Description
0–3 Standard header, byte 3 = 0xFD.
4 Offsets for display range limits
Bits 7–4 Unused, must be 0.
Bits 3–2 Horizontal rate offsets: 00=None, 10=+255 kHz for Max rate, 11=+255 kHz for Max and Min rates
Bits 1–0 Vertical rate offsets: 00=None, 10=+255 Hz for Max rate, 11=+255 Hz for Max and Min rates
5 Minimum vertical field rate (1–255 Hz) (256–512 Hz if offset)
6 Maximum vertical field rate (1–255 Hz) (256–512 Hz if offset)
7 Minimum horizontal line rate (1–255 kHz) (256–512 kHz if offset)
8 Maximum horizontal line rate (1–255 kHz) (256–512 kHz if offset)
9 Maximum pixel clock rate, rounded up to 10 MHz multiple (10–2550 MHz)
10 Extended timing information type:

00: Default GTF (when Basic display parameters byte 24 bit 0 is set.
01: No timing information.
02: Secondary GTF supported, parameters as follows.
04: CVT (when Basic display parameters byte 24 bit 0 is set), parameters as follows.

11-17 Video timing parameters (if byte 10 is 00 or 01, padded with 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20).
EDID Display Range Limits with GTF Secondary curve[7]
Bytes Description
10 02
11 Reserved, must be 0.
12 Start frequency for secondary curve, divided by 2 kHz (0–510 kHz)
13 GTF C value, multiplied by 2 (0–127.5)
14–15 GTF M value (0–65535, little-endian)
16 GTF K value (0–255)
17 GTF J value, multiplied by 2 (0–127.5)
EDID Display Range Limits with CVT support[7]
Bytes Description
10 04
11 Bits 7–4 CVT major version (1-15)
Bits 3–0 CVT minor version (0-15)
12 Bits 7–2 Additional clock precision in 0.25 MHz increments
(to be subtracted from byte 9 Maximum pixel clock rate)
Bits 1–0 Maximum active pixels per line, 2-bit msb
13 Maximum active pixels per line, 8-bit lsb (no limit if 0)
14 Aspect ratio bitmap
Bit 7 4:3
Bit 6 16:9
Bit 5 16:10
Bit 4 5:4
Bit 3 15:9
Bits 2–0 Reserved, must be 0.
15 Bits 7–5 Aspect ratio preference: 000=4:3, 001=16:9, 010=16:10, 011=5:4, 100=15:9
Bit 4 CVT-RB reduced blanking (preferred)
Bit 3 CVT standard blanking
Bits 2–0 Reserved, must be 0.
16 Scaling support bitmap
Bit 7 Horizontal shrink
Bit 6 Horizontal stretch
Bit 5 Vertical shrink
Bit 4 Vertical stretch
Bits 3–0 Reserved, must be 0.
17 Preferred vertical refresh rate (1–255)
EDID additional white point descriptor[7]
Bytes Description
0–4 Standard header, byte 3 = 0xFB.
5 White point index number (1–255) Usually 1; 0 indicates descriptor not used.
6 White point CIE xy coordinates least-significant bits (like EDID byte 26)
Bits 7–4 Unused, must be 0.
Bits 3–2 White point x value least-significant 2 bits
Bits 1–0 White point y value least-significant 2 bits
7 White point x value most significant 8 bits (like EDID byte 27)
8 White point y value most significant 8 bits (like EDID byte 28)
9 datavalue = (gamma−1)×100 (1.0–3.54, like EDID byte 23)
10–14 Second descriptor, like above. Index number usually 2.
15–17 Unused, padded with 0A 20 20.
EDID color management data descriptor[7]
Bytes Description
0–4 Standard header, byte 3 = 0xF9.
5 Version: 03
6 Red a3 lsb
7 Red a3 msb
8 Red a2 lsb
9 Red a2 msb
10 Green a3 lsb
11 Green a3 msb
12 Green a2 lsb
13 Green a2 msb
14 Blue a3 lsb
15 Blue a3 msb
16 Blue a2 lsb
17 Blue a2 msb
EDID CVT 3-byte timing codes descriptor[7]
Bytes Description
0–4 Standard header, byte 3 = 0xF8.
5 Version: 03
6-8 CVT timing descriptor #1
6 Addressable lines 8-bit lsb
7 Bits 7–4 Addressable lines 4-bit msb
Bits 3–2 Preferred vertical rate: 00=50 Hz, 01=60 Hz, 10=75 Hz, 11=85 Hz
Bits 1–0 Unused, must be 0.
8 Bit 7 Unused, must be 0.
Bits 6–5 Aspect ratio: 00=16:10; 01=4:3; 10=5:4; 11=16:9
Vertical rate bitmap
Bit 4 50 Hz CVT
Bit 3 60 Hz CVT
Bit 2 75 Hz CVT
Bit 1 85 Hz CVT
Bit 0 60 Hz CVT reduced blanking
9-11 CVT timing descriptor #2
12-14 CVT timing descriptor #3
15-17 CVT timing descriptor #4
EDID Additional standard timings 3[7]
Bytes Description
0–4 Standard header, byte 3 = 0xF7.
5 Version: 10
6 Bit 7 640×350 @ 85 Hz
Bit 6 640×400 @ 85 Hz
Bit 5 720×400 @ 85 Hz
Bit 4 640×480 @ 85 Hz
Bit 3 848×480 @ 60 Hz
Bit 2 800×600 @ 85 Hz
Bit 1 1024×768 @ 85 Hz,
Bit 0 1152×864 @ 85 Hz
7 Bit 7 1280×768 @ 60 Hz (CVT-RB)
Bit 6 1280×768 @ 60 Hz
Bit 5 1280×768 @ 75 Hz
Bit 4 1280×768 @ 85 Hz
Bit 3 1280×960 @ 60 Hz
Bit 2 1280×960 @ 85 Hz
Bit 1 1280×1024 @ 60 Hz
Bit 0 1280×1024 @ 85 Hz
8 Bit 7 1360×768 @ 60 Hz (CVT-RB)
Bit 6 1280×768 @ 60 Hz
Bit 5 1440×900 @ 60 Hz (CVT-RB)
Bit 4 1440×900 @ 75 Hz
Bit 3 1440×900 @ 85 Hz
Bit 2 1440×1050 @ 60 Hz (CVT-RB)
Bit 1 1440×1050 @ 60 Hz
Bit 0 1440×1050 @ 75 Hz
9 Bit 7 1440×1050 @ 85 Hz
Bit 6 1680×1050 @ 60 Hz (CVT-RB)
Bit 5 1680×1050 @ 60 Hz
Bit 4 1680×1050 @ 75 Hz
Bit 3 1680×1050 @ 85 Hz
Bit 2 1600×1200 @ 60 Hz
Bit 1 1600×1200 @ 65 Hz
Bit 0 1600×1200 @ 70 Hz
10 Bit 7 1600×1200 @ 75 Hz
Bit 6 1600×1200 @ 85 Hz
Bit 5 1792×1344 @ 60 Hz
Bit 4 1792×1344 @ 75 Hz
Bit 3 1856×1392 @ 60 Hz
Bit 2 1856×1392 @ 75 Hz
Bit 1 1920×1200 @ 60 Hz (CVT-RB)
Bit 0 1920×1200 @ 60 Hz
11 Bit 7 1920×1200 @ 75 Hz
Bit 6 1920×1200 @ 75 Hz
Bit 5 1920×1440 @ 60 Hz
Bit 5 1920×1440 @ 75 Hz
Bits 3–0 Unused, must be 0.
12-17 Unused, must be 0.

EIA/CEA-861 extension block

The CEA EDID Timing Extension was first introduced in EIA/CEA-861, and has since been updated several times, most notably with the −861B revision (which was version 3 of the extension, adding Short Video Descriptors and advanced audio capability/configuration information), −861D (published in July 2006 and containing updates to the audio segments), −861E, and −861F which was published on June 4, 2013.[9] According to Brian Markwalter, senior vice president, research and standards, CEA, −861F "includes a number of noteworthy enhancements, including support for several new Ultra HD and widescreen video formats and additional colorimetry schemes.”[10]

The most recent version, CTA-861-G,[11] originally published in November 2016, was made available for free in November 2017 after some necessary changes due to a trademark complaint.

Version 1 (as defined in −861) allowed the specification of video timings only through the use of 18-byte Detailed Timing Descriptors (DTD) (as detailed in EDID 1.3 data format above). In all cases, the "preferred" timing should be the first DTD listed in a CEA EDID Timing Extension.

Version 2 (as defined in −861A) added the capability to designate a number of DTDs as "native" and also included some "basic discovery" functionality for whether the display device contains support for "basic audio", YCbCr pixel formats, and underscan.

Version 3 (from the −861B spec) allows two different ways to specify the timings of available digital TV[clarification needed] formats: As in Version 1 & 2 by the use of 18-byte DTDs, or by the use of the Short Video Descriptor (SVD) (see below). HDMI 1.0 -1.3c uses this[which?] version.

Version 3 also includes four new optional types of data blocks: Video Data Blocks containing the aforementioned Short Video Descriptor (SVD), Audio Data Blocks containing Short Audio Descriptors (SAD), Speaker Allocation Data Blocks containing information about the speaker configuration of the display device, and Vendor Specific Data Blocks which can contain information specific to a given vendor's use.

CEA EDID Timing Extension data format - Version 3

Byte sequence
00: Extension tag (which kind of extension block this is); 02h for CEA EDID
01: Revision number (Version number); 03h for Version 3
02: Byte number (decimal) within this block where the 18-byte DTDs begin. If no non-DTD data is present 
    in this extension block, the value should be set to 04h (the byte after next). If set to 00h,
    there are no DTDs present in this block and no non-DTD data.
03: Number of Native DTDs present, other Version 2+ information
     bit 7: 1 if display supports underscan, 0 if not
     bit 6: 1 if display supports basic audio, 0 if not
     bit 5: 1 if display supports YCbCr 4:4:4, 0 if not
     bit 4: 1 if display supports YCbCr 4:2:2, 0 if not
     bit 3..0: total number of native formats in the DTDs included in this block
04: Start of Data Block Collection.  If byte 02 is set to 04h, this is where the DTD collection
    begins.  If byte 02 is set to another value, byte 04 is where the Data Block Collection begins,
    and the DTD collection follows immediately thereafter.

The Data Block Collection contains one or more data blocks detailing video, audio, and speaker
placement information about the display. The blocks can be placed in any order, and the initial
byte of each block defines both its type and its length:
     bit 7..5: Block Type Tag (1 is audio, 2 is video, 3 is vendor specific, 4 is speaker
               allocation, all other values Reserved) 
     bit 4..0: Total number of bytes in this block following this byte
Once one data block has ended, the next byte is assumed to be the beginning of the next data
block. This is the case until the byte (designated in Byte 02, above) where the DTDs are known 
to begin.

    '''Audio Data Blocks''' contain one or more 3-byte Short Audio Descriptors (SADs).  Each SAD
    details audio format, channel number, and bitrate/resolution capabilities of the display as
    follows:
    SAD Byte 1 (format and number of channels):
       bit 7: Reserved (0)
       bit 6..3: Audio format code
         1 = Linear Pulse Code Modulation (LPCM)
         2 = AC-3
         3 = MPEG1 (Layers 1 and 2)
         4 = MP3
         5 = MPEG2
         6 = AAC
         7 = DTS
         8 = ATRAC
         0, 15: Reserved 
         9 = One-bit audio aka SACD
        10 = DD+
        11 = DTS-HD
        12 = MLP/Dolby TrueHD
        13 = DST Audio
        14 = Microsoft WMA Pro
       bit 2..0: number of channels minus 1  (i.e. 000 = 1 channel; 001 = 2 channels; 111 =
                 8 channels)

    SAD Byte 2 (sampling frequencies supported):
       bit 7: Reserved (0)
       bit 6: 192kHz
       bit 5: 176kHz
       bit 4: 96kHz
       bit 3: 88kHz
       bit 2: 48kHz
       bit 1: 44kHz
       bit 0: 32kHz

    SAD Byte 3 (bitrate):
      For LPCM, bits 7:3 are reserved and the remaining bits define bit depth
       bit 2: 24 bit
       bit 1: 20 bit
       bit 0: 16 bit
    For all other sound formats, bits 7..0 designate the maximum supported bitrate divided by 
    8 kbit/s.

    '''Video Data Blocks''' will contain one or more 1-byte Short Video Descriptors (SVDs).  They are 
    decoded as follows:
       bit 7: 1 to designate that this should be considered a "native" resolution, 0 for non-native
       bit 6..0: index value to a table of standard resolutions/timings from CEA/EIA-861:
                 
 VIC               Display Pixel      Pixel
     Short         Aspect  Aspect     Clock,
     Name          Ratio   Ratio      MHz    V                 mode @ H

  1  DMT0659        4:3               25.175               640x480p @ 59.94/60 Hz
  2  480p           4:3     8:9       27.0                 720x480p @ 59.94/60 Hz
  3  480pH         16:9    32:37      27.0                 720x480p @ 59.94/60 Hz
  4  720p          16:9     1:1       74.25               1280x720p @ 59.94/60 Hz
  5  1080i         16:9     1:1       74.25              1920x1080i @ 59.94/60 Hz
  6  480i           4:3     8:9       27.0           720(1440)x480i @ 59.94/60 Hz
  7  480iH         16:9    32:37      27.0           720(1440)x480i @ 59.94/60 Hz
  8  240p           4:3     8:9       27.0           720(1440)x240p @ 59.94/60 Hz
  9  240pH         16:9    32:37      27.0           720(1440)x240p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 10  480i4x         4:3     8:9       54.0              (2880)x480i @ 59.94/60 Hz
 11  480i4xH       16:9    32:37      54.0              (2880)x480i @ 59.94/60 Hz
 12  240p4x         4:3     8:9       54.0              (2880)x240p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 13  240p4xH       16:9    32:37      54.0              (2880)x240p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 14  480p2x         4:3     8:9       54.0                1440x480p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 15  480p2xH       16:9    32:37      54.0                1440x480p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 16  1080p         16:9     1:1      148.5               1920x1080p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 17  576p           4:3    16:15      27.0                 720x576p @ 50 Hz
 18  576pH         16:9    64:45      27.0                 720x576p @ 50 Hz
 19  720p50        16:9     1:1       74.25               1280x720p @ 50 Hz
 20  1080i25       16:9     1:1       74.25              1920x1080i @ 50 Hz*
 21  576i           4:3    16:15      27.0           720(1440)x576i @ 50 Hz
 22  576iH         16:9    64:45      27.0           720(1440)x576i @ 50 Hz
 23  288p           4:3    16:15      27.0           720(1440)x288p @ 50 Hz
 24  288pH         16:9    64:45      27.0           720(1440)x288p @ 50 Hz
 25  576i4x         4:3    16:15      54.0              (2880)x576i @ 50 Hz
 26  576i4xH       16:9    64:45      54.0              (2880)x576i @ 50 Hz
 27  288p4x         4:3    16:15      54.0              (2880)x288p @ 50 Hz
 28  288p4xH       16:9    64:45      54.0              (2880)x288p @ 50 Hz
 29  576p2x         4:3    16:15      54.0                1440x576p @ 50 Hz
 30  576p2xH       16:9    64:45      54.0                1440x576p @ 50 Hz
 31  1080p50       16:9     1:1      148.5               1920x1080p @ 50 Hz
 32  1080p24       16:9     1:1       74.25              1920x1080p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 33  1080p25       16:9     1:1       74.25              1920x1080p @ 25 Hz
 34  1080p30       16:9     1:1       74.25              1920x1080p @ 29.97/30 Hz
 35  480p4x         4:3     8:9      108.0              (2880)x480p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 36  480p4xH       16:9    32:37     108.0              (2880)x480p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 37  576p4x         4:3    16:15     108.0              (2880)x576p @ 50 Hz
 38  576p4xH       16:9    64:45     108.0              (2880)x576p @ 50 Hz
 39  1080i25       16:9     1:1       72.0  1920x1080i (1250 Total) @ 50 Hz*
 40  1080i50       16:9     1:1      148.5               1920x1080i @ 100 Hz
 41  720p100       16:9     1:1      148.5                1280x720p @ 100 Hz
 42  576p100        4:3     8:9       54.0                 720x576p @ 100 Hz
 43  576p100H      16:9    32:37      54.0                 720x576p @ 100 Hz
 44  576i50         4:3    16:15      54.0           720(1440)x576i @ 100 Hz
 45  576i50H       16:9    64:45      54.0           720(1440)x576i @ 100 Hz
 46  1080i60       16:9     1:1      148.5               1920x1080i @ 119.88/120 Hz
 47  720p120       16:9     1:1      148.5                1280x720p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 48  480p119        4:3    16:15      54.0                 720x480p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 49  480p119H      16:9    64:45      54.0                 720x480p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 50  480i59         4:3     8:9       54.0           720(1440)x480i @ 119.88/120 Hz
 51  480i59H       16:9    32:37      54.0           720(1440)x480i @ 119.88/120 Hz
 52  576p200        4:3    16:15     108.0                 720x576p @ 200 Hz
 53  576p200H      16:9    64:45     108.0                 720x576p @ 200 Hz
 54  576i100        4:3    16:15     108.0           720(1440)x576i @ 200 Hz
 55  576i100H      16:9    64:45     108.0           720(1440)x576i @ 200 Hz
 56  480p239        4:3     8:9      108.0                 720x480p @ 239.76/240 Hz
 57  480p239H      16:9    32:37     108.0                 720x480p @ 239.76/240 Hz
 58  480i119        4:3     8:9      108.0           720(1440)x480i @ 239.76/240 Hz
 59  480i119H      16:9    32:37     108.0           720(1440)x480i @ 239.76/240 Hz
 60  720p24        16:9     1:1       59.4                1280x720p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 61  720p25        16:9     1:1       74.25               1280x720p @ 25Hz
 62  720p30        16:9     1:1       74.25               1280x720p @ 29.97/30 Hz
 63  1080p120      16:9     1:1      297.0               1920x1080p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 64  1080p100      16:9     1:1      297.0               1920x1080p @ 100 Hz
 
 65  720p24        64:27    4:3       59.4                1280x720p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 66  720p25        64:27    4:3       74.25               1280x720p @ 25Hz
 67  720p30        64:27    4:3       74.25               1280x720p @ 29.97/30 Hz
 68  720p50        64:27    4:3       74.25               1280x720p @ 50 Hz
 69  720p          64:27    4:3       74.25               1280x720p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 70  720p100       64:27    4:3      148.5                1280x720p @ 100 Hz
 71  720p120       64:27    4:3      148.5                1280x720p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 72  1080p24       64:27    4:3       74.25              1920x1080p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 73  1080p25       64:27    4:3       74.25              1920x1080p @ 25Hz
 74  1080p30       64:27    4:3       74.25              1920x1080p @ 29.97/30 Hz
 75  1080p50       64:27    4:3      148.5               1920x1080p @ 50 Hz
 76  1080p         64:27    4:3      148.5               1920x1080p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 77  1080p100      64:27    4:3      297.0               1920x1080p @ 100 Hz
 78  1080p120      64:27    4:3      297.0               1920x1080p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 79  720p2x24      64:27   64:63      59.4                1680x720p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 80  720p2x25      64:27   64:63      59.4                1680x720p @ 25Hz
 81  720p2x30      64:27   64:63      59.4                1680x720p @ 29.97/30 Hz
 82  720p2x50      64:27   64:63      82.5                1680x720p @ 50 Hz
 83  720p2x        64:27   64:63      99.0                1680x720p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 84  720p2x100     64:27   64:63     165.0                1680x720p @ 100 Hz
 85  720p2x120     64:27   64:63     198.0                1680x720p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 86  1080p2x24     64:27    1:1       99.0               2560x1080p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 87  1080p2x25     64:27    1:1       90.0               2560x1080p @ 25Hz
 88  1080p2x30     64:27    1:1      118.8               2560x1080p @ 29.97/30 Hz
 89  1080p2x50     64:27    1:1      185.625             2560x1080p @ 50 Hz
 90  1080p2x       64:27    1:1      198.0               2560x1080p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 91  1080p2x100    64:27    1:1      371.25              2560x1080p @ 100 Hz
 92  1080p2x120    64:27    1:1      495.0               2560x1080p @ 119.88/120 Hz
 93  2160p24       16:9     1:1      297.0               3840x2160p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 94  2160p25       16:9     1:1      297.0               3840x2160p @ 25Hz
 95  2160p30       16:9     1:1      297.0               3840x2160p @ 29.97/30 Hz
 96  2160p50       16:9     1:1      594.0               3840x2160p @ 50 Hz
 97  2160p         16:9     1:1      594.0               3840x2160p @ 59.94/60 Hz
 98  2160p24      256:135   1:1      297.0               4096x2160p @ 23.98/24 Hz
 99  2160p25      256:135   1:1      297.0               4096x2160p @ 25Hz
100  2160p30      256:135   1:1      297.0               4096x2160p @ 29.97/30 Hz
101  2160p50      256:135   1:1      594.0               4096x2160p @ 50 Hz
102  2160p        256:135   1:1      594.0               4096x2160p @ 59.94/60 Hz
103  2160p24       64:27    4:3      297.0               3840x2160p @ 23.98/24 Hz
104  2160p25       64:27    4:3      297.0               3840x2160p @ 25Hz
105  2160p30       64:27    4:3      297.0               3840x2160p @ 29.97/30 Hz
106  2160p50       64:27    4:3      594.0               3840x2160p @ 50 Hz
107  2160p         64:27    4:3      594.0               3840x2160p @ 59.94/60 Hz
108  720p48        16:9     1:1       90.0                1280x720p @ 47.96/48 Hz
109  720p48        64:27    1:1       90.0                1280x720p @ 47.96/48 Hz
110  720p2x48      64:27   64:63      99.0                1680x720p @ 47.96/48 Hz
111  1080p48       16:9     1:1      148.5               1920x1080p @ 47.96/48 Hz
112  1080p48       64:27    4:3      148.5               1920x1080p @ 47.96/48 Hz
113  1080p2x48     64:27    1:1      198.0               2560x1080p @ 47.96/48 Hz
114  2160p48       16:9     1:1      594.0               3840x2160p @ 47.96/48 Hz
115  2160p48      256:135   1:1      594.0               4096x2160p @ 47.96/48 Hz
116  2160p48       64:27    4:3      594.0               3840x2160p @ 47.96/48 Hz
117  2160p100      16:9     1:1     1188.0               3840x2160p @ 100 Hz
118  2160p120      16:9     1:1     1188.0               3840x2160p @ 119.88/120 Hz
119  2160p100      64:27    4:3     1188.0               3840x2160p @ 100 Hz
120  2160p120      64:27    4:3     1188.0               3840x2160p @ 119.88/120 Hz
121  2160p2x24     64:27    1:1      396.0               5120x2160p @ 23.98/24 Hz
122  2160p2x25     64:27    1:1      396.0               5120x2160p @ 25Hz
123  2160p2x30     64:27    1:1      396.0               5120x2160p @ 29.97/30 Hz
124  2160p2x48     64:27    1:1      742.5               5120x2160p @ 47.96/48 Hz
125  2160p2x50     64:27    1:1      742.5               5120x2160p @ 50 Hz
126  2160p2x       64:27    1:1      742.5               5120x2160p @ 59.94/60 Hz
127  2160p2x100    64:27    1:1     1485.0               5120x2160p @ 100 Hz
                                                  
193  2160p2x120    64:27    1:1     1485.0               5120x2160p @ 119.88/120 Hz
194  4320p24       16:9     1:1     1188.0               7680x4320p @ 23.98/24 Hz
195  4320p25       16:9     1:1     1188.0               7680x4320p @ 25Hz
196  4320p30       16:9     1:1     1188.0               7680x4320p @ 29.97/30 Hz
197  4320p48       16:9     1:1     2376.0               7680x4320p @ 47.96/48 Hz
198  4320p50       16:9     1:1     2376.0               7680x4320p @ 50 Hz
199  4320p         16:9     1:1     2376.0               7680x4320p @ 59.94/60 Hz
200  4320p100      16:9     1:1     4752.0               7680x4320p @ 100 Hz
201  4320p120      16:9     1:1     4752.0               7680x4320p @ 119.88/120 Hz
202  4320p24       64:27    4:3     1188.0               7680x4320p @ 23.98/24 Hz
203  4320p25       64:27    4:3     1188.0               7680x4320p @ 25Hz
204  4320p30       64:27    4:3     1188.0               7680x4320p @ 29.97/30 Hz
205  4320p48       64:27    4:3     2376.0               7680x4320p @ 47.96/48 Hz
206  4320p50       64:27    4:3     2376.0               7680x4320p @ 50 Hz
207  4320p         64:27    4:3     2376.0               7680x4320p @ 59.94/60 Hz
208  4320p100      64:27    4:3     4752.0               7680x4320p @ 100 Hz
209  4320p120      64:27    4:3     4752.0               7680x4320p @ 119.88/120 Hz
210  4320p2x24     64:27    1:1     1485.0              10240x4320p @ 23.98/24 Hz
211  4320p2x25     64:27    1:1     1485.0              10240x4320p @ 25Hz
212  4320p2x30     64:27    1:1     1485.0              10240x4320p @ 29.97/30 Hz
213  4320p2x48     64:27    1:1     2970.0              10240x4320p @ 47.96/48 Hz
214  4320p2x50     64:27    1:1     2970.0              10240x4320p @ 50 Hz
215  4320p2x       64:27    1:1     2970.0              10240x4320p @ 59.94/60 Hz
216  4320p2x100    64:27    1:1     5940.0              10240x4320p @ 100 Hz
217  4320p2x120    64:27    1:1     5940.0              10240x4320p @ 119.88/120 Hz
218  2160p100     256:135   1:1     1188.0               4096x2160p @ 100 Hz
219  2160p120     256:135   1:1     1188.0               4096x2160p @ 119.88/120 Hz

*Short video descriptors 20 & 39 are both 1920x1080i@50 16:9 but differ in the amount of vertical 
total lines which are 1125 and 1250, respectively.

Notes: Parentheses indicate instances where pixels are repeated to meet the minimum speed
requirements of the interface. For example, in the 720x240p case, the pixels on each line
are double-clocked. In the (2880)x480i case, the number of pixels on each line, and thus
the number of times that they are repeated, is variable, and is sent to the DTV monitor by
the source device.

Increased Hactive expressions include “2x” and “4x” indicate two and four times the reference 
resolution, respectively.

The CEA/EIA-861/A standard included only numbers 1-7 and numbers 17-22 above (but not as short
video descriptors which were introduced in CEA/EIA-861B) and are considered primary video format 
timings.
The CEA/EIA-861-B standard has the first  34 short video descriptors above. It is used by HDMI 1.0–1.2a.
The CEA-861-C standard has the first  59 short video descriptors above.
The CEA-861-D standard has the first  64 short video descriptors above. It is used by HDMI 1.3–1.3a
The CEA-861-E standard has the first 107 short video descriptors above. It is used by HDMI 1.4–1.4b
The CTA-861-F standard has the first 193 short video descriptors above. It is used by HDMI 2.0–2.0b
The CTA-861-G standard has the full 219 short video descriptors above. It is used by HDMI 2.1

A '''Vendor Specific Data Block''' (if any) contains as its first three bytes the vendor's IEEE 
24-bit registration number, LSB first. For HDMI, it is always 00-0C-03 for HDMI Licensing, LLC.
It is followed by a two byte source physical address, LSB first. The source physical address
provides the CEC physical address for upstream CEC devices. 
The remainder of the Vendor Specific Data Block is the "data payload",which can be anything the
vendor considers worthy of inclusion in this EDID extension block. HDMI 1.3a specifies some
requirements for the data payload.  See that spec for detailed info on these bytes:
    VSD Byte 1-3 IEEE Registration Identifier (LSB First)
    VSD Byte 4-5 Components of Source Physical Address (See section 8.7 of HDMI 1.3a)
    VSD Byte 6 (optional) (bits are set if sink supports...):
         bit 7: Supports_AI (...a function that needs info from ACP or ISRC packets)
         bit 6: DC_48bit (...16-bit-per-channel deep color)
         bit 5: DC_36bit (...12-bit-per-channel deep color)
         bit 4: DC_30bit (...10-bit-per-channel deep color)
         bit 3: DC_Y444  (...4:4:4 in deep color modes)
         bit 2: Reserved (0)
         bit 1: Reserved (0)
         bit 0: DVI_Dual (...DVI Dual Link Operation)
    VSD Byte 7 (optional) If non-zero (Max_TMDS_Frequency / 5mhz)
    VSD Byte 8 (optional) (latency fields indicators):
         bit 7: latency_fields (set if latency fields are present)
         bit 6: i_latency_fields (set if interlaced latency fields are present; if set
                four latency fields will be present, 0 if bit 7 is 0)
         bits 5-0: Reserved (0)
    VSD Byte  9 (optional) Video Latency (if indicated, value=1+ms/2 with a max of 251 meaning 500ms)
    VSD Byte 10 (optional) Audio Latency (video delay for progressive sources, same units as above)
    VSD Byte 11 (optional) Interlaced Video Latency (if indicated, same units as above)
    VSD Byte 12 (optional) Interlaced Audio Latency (video delay for interlaced sources, same units as above)
Additional bytes may be present, but the HDMI spec says they shall be zero.

If a Speaker Allocation Data Block is present, it will consist of three bytes.  The second and 
third are Reserved (all 0), but the first contains information about which speakers are present in 
the display device:
         bit 7: Reserved (0)
         bit 6: Rear Left Center / Rear Right Center present for 1, absent for 0
         bit 5: Front Left Center / Front Right Center present for 1, absent for 0
         bit 4: Rear Center present for 1, absent for 0
         bit 3: Rear Left / Rear Right present for 1, absent for 0
         bit 2: Front Center present for 1, absent for 0
         bit 1: LFE present for 1, absent for 0
         bit 0: Front Left / Front Right present for 1, absent for 0

    Note that for speakers with right and left polarity, it is assumed that both 
    left and right are present.

"d": byte (designated in byte 02) where DTDs begin.  18-byte DTD strings continue for an unspecified 
length (modulo 18) until a "00 00" is as the first bytes of a prospective DTD.  At this point,
the DTDs are known to be complete, and the start address of the "00 00" can be considered to be "XX"
(see below) 
"XX"-126: Post-DTD padding.  Should be populated with 00h
127: Checksum - This byte must be programmed such that the sum of all 128 bytes equals 00h.

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