Video Electronics Standards Association

Video Electronics Standards Association
AbbreviationVESA
FormationJuly 1989 (35 years ago) (1989-07)
PurposeStandards organization
HeadquartersSan Jose, California, USA
Membership
See list
Websitewww.vesa.org

VESA (/ˈvsə/), formally known as Video Electronics Standards Association, is an American technical standards organization for computer display standards. The organization was incorporated in California in July 1989[1] and has its office in San Jose.[1][2] It claims a membership of over 300 companies.[3]

In November 1988, NEC Home Electronics announced its creation of the association to develop and promote a Super VGA computer display standard as a successor to IBM's proprietary Video Graphics Array (VGA) display standard. Super VGA enabled graphics display resolutions up to 800×600 pixels, compared to VGA's maximum resolution of 640×480 pixels—a 56% increase.[4]

The organization has since issued several additional standards related to computer video displays. Widely used VESA standards include DisplayHDR, DisplayPort, and Flat Display Mounting Interface.

  1. ^ a b California Secretary of State. "Business Entity Detail: Video Electronics Standards Association". Entity Number C1645094. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.To retrieve the information, search for Entity Number C1645094.
  2. ^ Video Electronics Standards Association. "Contact VESA". VESA.org. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Video Electronics Standards Association. "Mission/Vision". VESA.org. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  4. ^ Brownstein, Mark (November 14, 1988). "NEC Forms Video Standards Group". InfoWorld. Vol. 10, no. 46. p. 3. ISSN 0199-6649. Retrieved May 27, 2016.