The HDMI Arms Race - get ready for HDMI 2.1

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mhardy6647

tonyb wrote: »

I guess the frequency of gear becoming outdated is nothing really new to anyone. Which begs to question why anyone would pay big buck retail prices if that's the case then. Most of it anyway isn't leaps and bounds better than what you already have.

BTW....I wouldn't buy anything from monoprice, nor would I even accept it for free. No offense to the monoprice fanboy club.

I agree (FWIW) -- I like to say, "There's such a thing as too much technology" (and I was, for a couple of years, a technology strategist at a large biotech/pharma company, believe it or not!).

PS No comment one way or t'other re: Monoprice, but stuff I've read here would make me leery indeed. Best route to good 'bargain priced' cabling is DIY, I'd opine -- albeit maybe not a viable option for HDMI cables

EndersShadow

Personally if your doing a long HDMI run its almost worth it to just convert it to ethernet and then back to HDMI.

Although I'm tempted now to buy a longer BJC HDMI cord since my monoprice one doesn't work so well handshake wise.....

trj

I dont mind monoprice for the non electronic stuff. In fact, I just completed my wall mount rack network setup bought from them. But cables, nope, not from monoprice. I have always liked BlueJeans cables and thats what I plan on going with for the 2.0 HDMI. I have to run it through the conduit in wall for about 20ft, hopefully I dont have to go with ethernet to HDMI converters.

I am going to purchase a newer receiver that can passthrough HDMI 2.0 and HDR. Currently running separate cables for audio and video, thats not going to work in my new setup.

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tonyb

DonnerUndBlitzen wrote: »

It is interesting to note, after about 10 years of Blu-Ray discs, DVDs have not gone away. Comcast continues to have two tiers of transmission, standard and high definition. Some people are still using old tube TVs with the standard definition channels at Comcast. Comcast will soon transmit a third tier in 4k hi def.

So, even if our gear becomes outdated by HDMI 2.1, it is still supported by Comcast and commercial media (DVDs and standard Blu-Ray, and 4K Blu-Ray) that are readily available. Maybe in a few years there will be regular Blu-Ray, 4K Blu-Ray, and 8K Blu-Ray.

I'm sure Comcast will charge handsomely for a third tier also. Comcast may eventually support 4k, but your gear will still need to be able to handle the visual...and audio. Physical media is readily available, and you'll still need compliant gear to take advantage of it. There is no easy escape, and that's the plan.

If you like what you have now, and it works....then these HDMI iterations will have zero effect for you. However, should you go to get a new piece down the road, you may want to upgrade the HDMI cables also to avoid any handshake issues.