We don't support audio on displayPort.

Many thanks for your answer, Jimmy P. This clarifies the situation for me.

What about the bigger brother 3008WFP, which also has DisplayPort? Is the situation the same?

Do you believe this functionality may be added in future firmware updates, or is it a strict hardware limitation?

Thanks again.

I'm waiting on clarification from our engineers, they say the limitation is that most video cards don't support sound through DisplayPort they are going to do some tests and let me know what the limitations are.

I know this is 2 years too late, but you're wrong. I have my headphones plugged directly into my 2408wfp and getting audio from my laptop, which is connected through Displayport. Definitely not as rich sounding compared to being directly plugged in but it works.

I believe the DP/HDMI audio is the same and its a passive passthrough on the 2408wfp. I dont think it has anything to do with the monitor supporting it as its just a passthrough for audio from the HDMI or DP port. I noticed my audio went away when I plugged it in the other day and suspected because I just had updated my ATI catalysts to 10.2/10.3 and it has a new HDMI/DP audio driver. If I go into control panel and select ATI DP Output, I get audio successfully out of the 2408wfp. When I select headphones/speakers, it disables it and I get sound out of my laptop speakers. Works great.

I think the key here is have a videocard and drivers that supports it, its not an issue with the 2408wfp. I'm discovering this monitor gets better and better as time goes. I've had it for a year and change and it still has the best connection options, including functioning with all the new updates to DP and HDMI. This was very forward thinking for its time and its paying off. Glad I got it.

Hope this helps!