TechTvsMy favourite CES 2025 announcement initially seems boring – but it could change entertainment foreverThe next wave of TVs, games consoles, projectors and streamers are facing huge upgradesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechTvsMy favourite CES 2025 announcement initially seems boring – but it could change entertainment foreverThe next wave of TVs, games consoles, projectors and streamers are facing huge upgradesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The next wave of TVs, games consoles, projectors and streamers are facing huge upgrades
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As a former deputy editor of Home Cinema Choice and advocate of the highest picture and sound quality, I have always welcomed innovations in AV connectivity, even when others might think it boring.
The HDMI Forum used the world’s biggest electronics trade show todebut HDMI 2.2– the specification for the next-generation of the now universally used port and cable. A bit geeky and, some might say superfluous considering many current TVs don’t even support HDMI 2.1 on more than two sockets, the new standard will nonetheless prompt manufacturers to offer even higher bandwidth and features. And that will be great for viewers and gamers.
And while it’ll likely never impact movie or television viewing, such refresh/frame rates could be essential for PC gamers and/or next-generation games consoles.
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On top of these improvements, HDMI 2.2 will be better suited for use with high-end AR/XR/VR headsets, we are told. Again, the faster the data transmission, the better the visuals can be, with lower latency and higher frame rates to make the experience even less stomach churning than today.
One caveat does remain, however – with HDMI 2.1 still only bleeding through to our devices, how long will it take to get HDMI 2.2 more widely adopted? The HDMI Forum says that the first Ultra96 HDMI 2.2 cable will be available later this year, but what will you connect it to?
Luckily, as with all progressive HDMI standards, it’ll be backward compatible, so you can always future-proof yourself, but I can’t help but feel we’ll have a considerable wait until we get a TV or source that’ll work with it natively.
Oh well, there’s alwaysCES2026.
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