HDMI 2.0 Officially Announced 293
jones_supa writes with news that HDMI 2.0 is out. From Engadget "The folks at HDMI Licensing are announcing HDMI 2.0 officially. Arriving just in time for the wide rollout of a new generation of Ultra HDTVs, it adds a few key capabilities to the standard. With a bandwidth capacity of up to 18Gbps, HDMI 2.0 has the ability to carry 3,840 x 2,160 resolution video at 60fps. It also has support for up to 32 audio channels, 'dynamic auto lipsync' and additional CEC extensions. The physical cables and connectors remain unchanged."
Just like HDMI 1.4, the specification is only available to HDMI Forum members.
Physical cables the same? (Score:5, Insightful)
No Mention (Score:3, Insightful)
The summary doesn't say...
Does HDMI 2.0 support new, improved, and even more delicious Digitally Restricted Media? Seems that it must.
Re:New feature (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:No Mention (Score:4, Insightful)
The opportunity to buy a whole new TV which runs at a higher resolution.
Think of it as the companies who make a/v equipment trying to make sure you replace all of your stuff every 2 years to keep up with the latest market trends.
But, I'm with you, I don't see myself needing to get even higher resolution any time soon.
Still limited to 60Hz? (Score:4, Insightful)
Still limited to 60Hz? Disappointing and annoying.
Re:Physical cables the same? (Score:2, Insightful)
Something something "Ready" usually isn't. Not going to pay a premium to be a beta test. Let the sheep work out the bugs first.
Start saving money now for the properly released product when the prices start dropping.
Re:The real question (Score:4, Insightful)
Of course i don't buy the expensive cables either. But we are not talking about "warm sound from correctly polarized oxygen free isotopically pure" monster cables.