The Digital Visual Interface (hereinafter DVI) specification provides a high-speed digital connection for visual data types that is display technology independent. The interface is primarily focused at providing a connection between a computer and its display device. The DVI specification meets the needs of all segments of the PC industry (workstation, desktop, laptop, etc) and will enable these different segments to unite around one monitor interface specification. The purpose of this interface specification is to provide an industry specification for a digital interface between a personal computing device and a display device. This specification provides for a simple low-cost implementation on both the host and monitor while allowing for monitor manufacturers and system providers to add feature rich values as appropriate for their specific application.