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HDMI 2.0 is Official

And as suggested, the physical interface remains unchanged. 18Gbps...and I would be willing to bet there will be those that say why didn't they go DP with its 21+ Gbps throughput. Easy. HDMI is rampant with A/V gear.

Having seen the Sony 65" a few weeks ago in person...I for one am just waiting for the right content to show up. Well...as well as a non LCD variant. Plasma or OLED for me.
 
Railgun said:
And as suggested, the physical interface remains unchanged. 18Gbps...and I would be willing to bet there will be those that say why didn't they go DP with its 21+ Gbps throughput. Easy. HDMI is rampant with A/V gear.
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It's not an easy answer (IMO) because people can just switch to DP. HDMI sucks, DisplayPort rules just like Nintendo sucks and Sega rules.
 
Railgun said:
Why?
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Because it is licensed and the fact that 2.0 still doesn't have as much bandwidth as DP 1.2. The HDMI group must just waste the 4 percent of a dollar they get since they don't know how to make anything comparable to something that is royalty-free.
 
There is alot of functionality that HDMI provides on top of just the video stream and I imagine this is part of the reason they stick with it. One feature which is HDMI only and used extensively is CEC. HDMI may not be as good a DP, but HDMI 2.0 is more than adequate for 4K support with the bonus that it is completely backwards compatible with 1.4 devices which matters more than you would think. By the time 4K+ becomes mainstream I'm sure we will see additional HDMI revisions or perhaps DP will become the preferred interface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Control#CEC
 
Number1 said:
To sum it up:

Bottom line
No new cables.
Increased frame rates.
No new cables.
Multiple video streams.
No new cables.
Backward-compatible.
And, wait for it...
No new cables.

BUT: will current redmere HDMI active cables support the higher bandwidth?
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No new eyeballs needed?
 
Never heard of dp but I am not a videophile. However, everybody and their dog has heard of hdmi, so that alone explains why it isn't going away. It is the standard and ubiquitous.
 
Doppel said:
Never heard of dp but I am not a videophile. However, everybody and their dog has heard of hdmi, so that alone explains why it isn't going away. It is the standard and ubiquitous.
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Have you not bought a video card or a monitor in the past 3 years?
 
Guess I'll be getting a new Emotiva processor for HDMI 2.0 then! I ain't replacing my Yamaha RX-Z11 receiver anytime soon methinks.
 
Astrallite said:
Guess I'll be getting a new Emotiva processor for HDMI 2.0 then! I ain't replacing my Yamaha RX-Z11 receiver anytime soon methinks.
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Why? Just get a HDMI 2.0 splitter/matrix switch and send one of the outs to your receiver/pre-processor and the other to your TV for the video. No need to replace your pre-processor as there are no new audio capabilities.
 
Fallen Kell said:
Why? Just get a HDMI 2.0 splitter/matrix switch and send one of the outs to your receiver/pre-processor and the other to your TV for the video. No need to replace your pre-processor as there are no new audio capabilities.
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I've never had any success with splitters, always had signal dropouts.
 
Astrallite said:
Guess I'll be getting a new Emotiva processor for HDMI 2.0 then! I ain't replacing my Yamaha RX-Z11 receiver anytime soon methinks.
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All you really need is a 4K player with dual HDMI 2.0 out. One to the TV (video) and one to your processor/receiver for your audio.
 
Howard said:
Have you not bought a video card or a monitor in the past 3 years?
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A lot of monitors still don't have display port (I don't know why my monitor didn't use DP1.2 only and have a higher pixel clock) and not all that many video cards had displayport 3 years ago.
 
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