DisplayPort 2.0 monitors have been delayed until late 2021

VESA revealed its DisplayPort 2.0 standard in 2019, promising users more bandwidth than HDMI 2.1 and support for resolutions like 8K and higher refresh rates using existing lower resolutions. 

Initially, DisplayPort 2.0 was expected to release sometime in late 2020, and thus far the standard has been missing from CES 2021. In a statement to The Verge, VESA has confirmed that DisplayPort 2.1’s implementation into monitors had been delayed by the COVID 19 pandemic, which prevented vital engineer meetups which allow multiple companies to work together to sort out any interoperability issues that their products possess. “In 2020 VESA had no PlugTests, which has slowed the deployment of DisplayPort 2.0,” confirmed VESA, confirming that they are “now planning our next PlugTest for this Spring in Taiwan, so we expect to get this process rolling again.”

DisplayPort 2.1 is now expected to appear in products later this year, though it will likely take longer for the standard to become more widely available. VESA needs to get graphics cards, monitors and other screen types to support DisplayPort 2.1, which will be a long process.