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HDMI 2.2 specs with increased bandwidth to be announced at CES 2025 (videocardz.com)
submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No thank you. I'd like to pass on this.

We can already do 8K resolution. We still haven't gotten to a point where the average broadcast is anything more than 720p or 1080p.

It's the reason I never bought a 4K or 8K tv. Sure, I have a new tv, but the only thing thats 8k is the forced ads into the TVs OS.

And that's why I don't see benefit to a new HDMI. It's just going to support more protocols, and make tv's do more things that we don't want. It's going to make DRM in the cable. It's going to make unskippable ads, it's going to make all this shit that nobody wants or needs, but ooooOOOOooooo!!! Look! It's new tech, so everybody gotta have it!!!

But how's it going to improve your visual experience if the content isn't any better resolution to begin with?

[–] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

do you really think the only use for a screen is television? boy, let me introduce you to the world of personal computing, it's all the rage

[–] BirdObserver@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

No, but it’s the only reason for HDMI (along with AV receivers) because it’s all the manufacturers support, so all of us home theater nerds that do care about this stuff have no real* choice but to keep up with the HDMI world. Yes, you can set up a media server that streams 4K video, but you’re not going to find a DisplayPort 4K UHD player, or a 7.2 AVR that plugs into your 77” OLED and supports all of your game consoles. HDMI is just the unfortunate reality there.

That said, the tech that actually takes advantage of the new cable specs tends to lag behind significantly, and new gaming consoles that support HDMI 2.2 likely will in a limited (ultimately disappointing) capacity for years, just like previous versions.

(Also the top comment in this thread doesn’t really seem to reflect modern reality for most people I know. Most people are using their TV to stream at 1080p - 4K, not watching broadcast TV - in which case, yeah, get a $60 720p LCD or whatever, HDMI specs won’t matter to that kind of viewer. Still, subscription streaming quality definitely doesn’t take full advantage of your expensive shiny new TV the way physical media - or a media server - might, but that’s another conversation).