The following represents some of the references, services, and tools available to help build hardware that is optimized to work with Windows operating systems.
Display Data Channel Standard, Version 2.0, Level B (includes VBE/DDC)
Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) Standard, Version 2.0, Revision 1.0
VESA and Industry Standards and Guidelines for Computer Display
Monitor Timing, Version 1.0, Revision 0.6
Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
2150 North First Street, Suite 440
San Jose, CA 95131-2029 USA
Phone: (408) 435-0333
Fax: (408) 435-8225
http://www.vesa.org
Display Device Class Power Management Reference Specification, Version 1.0
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/onnow.htm
International Color Consortium
ICC Profile Format specification
http://www.color.org
Universal Serial Bus Monitor Control Class Specification, Version 1.0
Phone: (503) 264-0590
Fax: (503) 693-7975
http://www.usb.org
Windows NT DDK, Windows DDK, DirectX DDK, and Win32 SDK
MSDN Professional membership