HDMI 2.2 will be announced next month — and it may require a new cable

The radical down the HDMI standard, HDMI Forum, says that it volition item a caller spec merchandise successful a property league connected January 6th that volition alteration “a wide scope of higher resolutions and refresh rates.” The caller capabilities volition beryllium “supported with a caller cable,” according to the HDMI Forum’s email to The Verge announcing the presser.

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

HDMI 2.1, which has lone 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 the updated spec could let for higher resolutions and framerates without the request for Display Stream Compression.

Whatever the spec brings, that notation of a caller cablegram is simply a tidy reminder that like USB-C, not each HDMI cables are the same. It seems improbable that HDMI Forum would alteration the larboard itself, truthful you’ll astir apt beryllium capable to usage your aged ones with the updated spec, and immoderate mightiness adjacent enactment its higher bandwidth. Still, there’s ever the accidental you request caller cables to get each of the caller capabilities erstwhile the clip comes.