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 (which contains updates to the audio segments), and -861E which is the most recent.
Version 1 (as defined in -861) allowed the specification of video timings only through the use of 18-byte Detailed Timing Descriptors (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.
Per Version 3 (from the -861B spec), there are two different ways to specify the timings of available DTV formats: via the use of 18-byte Detailed Timing Descriptors as in Version 1 & 2, and via the use of the Short Video Descriptor (see below). HDMI 1.0 -1.3c uses this version.
Included in Version 3 are four new optional types of data blocks: Video Data Blocks (containing the aforementioned Short Video Descriptors), Audio Data Blocks (containing Short Audio Descriptors), 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).
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