Futuristic HDMI 2.1 Offers Near-Term Benefits

摘要

HDMI 2.1, a spec unleashed last month by the HDMI Forum, is aimed at improving video's future, but some of the features and enhancements it enables might deliver near-term benefits to legacy set-tops, TVs and other audio/visual equipment. Some elements of HDMI 2.1 will work with HDMI 2.0 equipment using a firmware upgrade rather than waiting for a new super-speedy HDMI cable and fresh-, silicon, according to Charles Cheevers, chief technology officer of Arris's consumer premises equipment (CPE) business.