HDMI 2.2 with 96 Gbps is coming, DisplayPort 2.1b has also been improved

HDMI 2.2 with 96 Gbps is coming, DisplayPort 2.1b has also been improved
A few weeks ago, there was news that a new generation of interfaces should appear at CES 2025 HDMI 2.2 and indeed it happened. The HDMI Forum really introduced it here, and along with it the cables Ultra96. The number in them indicates what data flow they are capable of. While HDMI 1.4 was at 10.2 Gbps, HDMI 2.0 at 18 Gbps, HDMI 2.1 at 48 Gbps and rival DisplayPort 2.1 can handle up to 80 Gbps, HDMI 2.2 pushes the speed a little further to 96 Gbps.

This means that it dares to achieve 4K resolution at 480 Hz, 8K is still managed at a very fast 240 Hz, and with 10K resolution it can handle 120 Hz, without the Display Stream Compression (DSC) compression system. The maximum resolution it can handle is 16K. We do not yet have HDMI 2.2 on any graphics cards or monitors, but in the future it could be used e.g. also in the field of various virtual and augmented realities. Also new in HDMI 2.2 is the Latency Indication Protocol (LIP), which takes care of the synchronization of video and audio, especially where the content is played through several different devices (e.g. the picture by a television and the sound by another audio system, a soundbar). The interface should arrive during the first half of this year, when all specifications should be fully finalized. It is expected that the first products could see the light of day around 2027 (HDMI 2.1 appeared on products about 2 years after its introduction and became more common after 4 years).

The competitive interface has also prepared a novelty for us DisplayPort 2.1b. This is specifically about UHBR cables DP80LL (Low Loss), i.e. with low signal loss. Specifically, it is that UHBR20 with a transmission speed of 80 Gbps will also be available in the form of active cables up to 3 meters long. Current passive cables work at a maximum distance of one meter. This interface is supported by the newly arrived Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 graphics cards.

Source: www.svethardware.cz