HDMI 2.1 Announced

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#207714 10-Jan-2017 19:08

HDMI dot ORG announces 2.1 specification

Of importance, 48Gbps bandwidth.A few cables might self combust at this news.

http://www.hdmi.org/press/press_release.aspx?prid=145

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#1701093 10-Jan-2017 19:11

Need this like a hole in the head.

You can just imagine the issues... especially as the people who design this spec seem to believe the cable runs will never exceed the length of the desk they sit at.

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#1701104 10-Jan-2017 19:46

Wonderful. Have to go thru the absurdity of "there are no HDMI 2.0 cables" again with 2.1, and a crapload of cables that are "high speed" but do not work.

Fragile BS cheap electrical interconnects that barely work at the best of time and drop out briefly at the first sign of electrical noise and need third party hardware often more expensive than the source equipment just to get it to travel the length of a room.

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#1701113 10-Jan-2017 20:03

And how much will Monster charge for these ones???

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#1701124 10-Jan-2017 20:50

And the big question with any revision to the HDMI spec - how obnoxious are any changes to the DRM, and what does this mean for backwards compatibility with existing kit?