Question on LVDS and TMDS

[Alberto Milone]

Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 04:06:15PM +0200, Alberto Milone wrote:
>   
>> Hi, I looked up LVDS and TMDS on wikipedia, however I didn't get a
>> definition which an average user of computers would understand.
>>
>> I would like to include these definition in the GUI (to xrandr) which
>> I'm developing.
>>
>> Can anyone give me an simple definition of these two terms, please?
>>     
>
> LVDS is low-voltage, TMDS less so.  In general, LVDS is used for
> inbuilt panels (usually on laptops), whereas TMDS is used for DVI
> connections (external LCDs).
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>   
@Alex, Daniel

Thank you very much.

Alberto