Hdmi 2.2 Will Be Announced Next Month — And It May Require A New Cable

The group down nan HDMI standard, HDMI Forum, says that it will point a caller spec merchandise successful a spot normal connected January 6th that will alteration “a wide scope of higher resolutions and refresh rates.” The caller capabilities will beryllium “supported pinch a caller cable,” according to nan HDMI Forum’s email to The Verge announcing nan presser.

The spec is apt to beryllium HDMI 2.2, arsenic VideoCardz notes. The Forum’s email hints astatine it too, noting that nan HDMI Licensing Administrator, which 2 of nan planned speakers astatine nan arena represent, is appointed “to licence Version 2.2 of nan HDMI specification.”

HDMI 2.1, which has only ever received lettered revisions since its 2017 introduction, supports 48Gbps bandwidth, up to 120Hz adaptable refresh rates, and resolutions up to 10240 x 4320. VideoCardz speculates that nan updated spec could fto for higher resolutions and framerates without nan petition for Display Stream Compression.

Whatever nan spec brings, that mention of a caller cablegram is simply a tidy reminder that for illustration USB-C, not each HDMI cables are nan same. It seems improbable that HDMI Forum would alteration nan larboard itself, truthful you’ll astir apt beryllium tin to usage your aged ones pinch nan updated spec, and immoderate mightiness moreover support its higher bandwidth. Still, there’s ever nan chance you petition caller cables to get each of nan caller capabilities erstwhile nan clip comes.