Voluminous bandwidth, buttery-smooth refresh rates, and pricier cables are on deck with the new HDMI 2.2 standard.

The new capabilities will be “supported with a new cable,” according to the HDMI Forum’s email to The Verge announcing the presser. The spec is likely to be HDMI 2.2, as VideoCardz notes.

So who might benefit from HDMI 2.2? Right now, it’s mostly for hardware and software developers. The kinds of resolutions and refresh rates that the new spec (and the new cable) will support ...

The forthcoming HDMI 2.2 standard will bring more bandwidth, a new way to get a handle on lip-sync errors and a new, backward-compatible cable, the HDMI Forum said at CES 2025. The good news is ...

HDMI 2.2, which will require new cables to take advantage of its most high-performance features. It will not require a new connector, though, thankfully. Though the HDMI Forum is officially ...

Even though the cable looks the same, modern HDMI connections are vastly more capable than when they first arrived over 20 years ago. The latest version, called 2.1b, is only a small update ...

We were told that this new standard would support higher bandwidth and would require a new cable, but we could only speculate about the details. (See our article HDMI 2.2 New Standard Promises Higher ...

HDMI 2.2 will require new cables for full compatibility, but it has the same physical connectors. Tiny QR codes are suggested to help with that, however. The new specification is named HDMI 2.2 ...

HDMI 2.1b also introduced new certification processes for Ultra High Speed HDMI cables, ensuring they met the highest standards for displays and connected devices. At the heart of HDMI 2.1b was ...

Here are the best HDMI cables for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC - whether you're looking for a simple lead or the best HDMI 2.1 cable When you purchase through links ...