{"id":193256,"date":"2017-01-05T09:32:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T07:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=193256"},"modified":"2017-01-05T09:34:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T07:34:40","slug":"new-hdmi-2-1-technology-supports-8k-and-dynamic-hdr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/193256-new-hdmi-2-1-technology-supports-8k-and-dynamic-hdr.html","title":{"rendered":"New HDMI 2.1 technology supports 8K and Dynamic HDR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hdmi.org\/manufacturer\/hdmi_2_1\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">HDMI Forum<\/a><\/strong> has revealed\u00a0the HDMI 2.1 specification, offering massive improvements over the previous version.<\/p>\n<p>This latest HDMI specification supports a range of high video resolutions and refresh rates &#8211; including 8K60 and 4K120 &#8211; along with increased bandwidth with a new 48Gbps cable.<\/p>\n<p>HDMI 2.1 is also backwards-compatible with earlier versions of the specification.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">New features<\/h3>\n<p>The new HDMI specification supports several new features, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Support for higher resolutions and faster refresh rates, up to 4K\/120Hz and 8K\/60Hz.<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic HDR support.<\/li>\n<li>Increased bandwidth &#8211; 48Gbps.<\/li>\n<li>Game Mode VRR variable refresh rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>HDMI 2.1&#8217;s bandwidth of 48Gbps is a big increase over the 18Gbps delivered by HDMI 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>The HDMI 2.1 specification is set to release in Q2 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HDMI-bandwidth-comparison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193264\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HDMI-bandwidth-comparison.jpg\" alt=\"HDMI bandwidth comparison\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HDMI-bandwidth-comparison.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HDMI-bandwidth-comparison-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/HDMI-bandwidth-comparison-595x400.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/193084-acers-new-laptops-and-monitors-from-ces-2017-south-african-pricing.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Acer\u2019s new laptops and monitors from CES 2017 \u2013 South African pricing<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HDMI Forum has revealed the HDMI 2.1 specification, offering massive improvements over the previous version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":193262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2216,40454],"class_list":["post-193256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-hdmi","tag-hdmi-2-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193286,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193256\/revisions\/193286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}