Another HDMI Version Headed Our Way With the Advent of 3DTV 
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Friday, 21 November 2008

Another HDMI Version Headed Our Way With the Advent of 3DTV
HDMI inventors are readying for another HDMI version.  HDMI has yet to be perfected in its current state and now another version is already ready to go.  Currently, HDMI has many HDCP handshake issues between components and displays.

It is becoming increasingly common to hear of 3D television and movie presentations.  Several Blu-rays have been released in 3-D.  However, manufacturers are aiming to create 3DTV.  This technology would create stereoscopic signals from video components.

HDMI version 1.3 is currently capable of a 10 Gbits/s bandwidth.  This is plenty of bandwidth to transmit 1080p video at 60 Hz and audio.  It would also be able to handle left and right eye versions of 1080p video at 60 Hz.  However, manufacturers want to institute 1080p at 120 Hz.  HDMI version 1.3 will not be enough at this point.

While this technology is a ways off, it stinks to think about getting a new HDTV (or 3DTV), receiver, etc. to incorporate yet another HDMI standard.  I think we would all like to see a technology work perfectly and efficiently before moving on to another technology.  The inability to perfect one doesn't allow for much faith in the next.
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tom vinelli  - 3dtv     |2008-11-22 11:18:02
i agree if it can be done with current
technology,why not.
but we all know
this another case of greed and makeing money.
this is like you have to have a
120hz
hdtv to view 24fps on blu-ray.
its a rip off.
know sooner did we
dvi,there came along hdmi,oh and then hdmi 1.3,forget it
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Den   |2008-11-26 17:10:48
The continuing plethora of new devices and standards, some of which are clearly
not ready for prime time at their introduction, and which would require very
frequent replacement of expensive hardware, plus new learning curves, and not
having which will significantly compromise your existing system's capabilities,
would probably require a very serious customer backlash to straighten out.
Perhaps the industry needs to establish a standards evolutionary path that can
minimize these compatibility effects (if it can, and I suspect they could at
least make significant headway here). I am certainly far from alone in refusing
to frequently replace expensive things just to avoid the latest unconscionable
industry zinger.
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brian   |2008-11-29 08:16:26
I'm not about to rush & buy the next phase of the technology, but anyone that
has followed HDMI from the onset understood it would evolve. This is one of the
key factors of HDMI, it's ability to adapt to our changing needs.

Sure buying
new gear is a major expense but there's no reason to rush out & buy new
technology everytime it's released, the new version is a ways off as
stated.

My TV has 3 HDMI 1.2a connections & is two years old, in another
three years I'll be willing to buy a new TV again. One that not only has the
latest HDMI version but other additions like USB 3.0 coming out in 2009-2010 &
card readers.

Besides I don't see to many people complaining about CPU's &
video cards & their lifecycle is 6 months to 1 year, I easily spend $750 to
$1,500 annually updating my PC's.

The average person, family gets a new
vehicle every 5 to 7 years, surely there's nothing wrong with your current
vehicle to justify this expense so often!
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David   |2008-12-01 06:49:53
Firstly, the new HDMI spec would only be needed in cases where 3-D transmission
was desired. That hardly makes the bulk of gear suddenly obsolete.

Secondly,
the whole task could be accomplised without a new HDMI spec... just use two HDMI
connections instead of one.
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