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Congratulations! You just bought a new 4K or 8K TV! You might be wondering if you need to buy a new HDMI cable to go with it. If you already have an HDMI cable, the quick answer is: Probably not.
A sub-par HDMI cable can needlessly hold your media devices back. You may have seen “HDMI 2.1” and tensed up at the prospect of yet another changing technical standard with which to keep up.
Not long ago, good advice for selecting an HDMI cable was pretty simple: get an HDMI cable. Nowadays? Not so much. Whether you’re just about to set up a next-generation game console or building ...
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The HDMI creators intended for the cable to function as a universal tool for connecting devices, serving as a one-size-fits-all solution for connecting devices. Since then, the HDMI cable has ...
One of the odd quirks of the Google TV Streamer is that the set-top box doesn’t come with an HDMI cable in the box, but Google will send you $10 off of one in its place. The Google TV Streamer ...
These days, most of us have at least one HDMI cable plugged into our TVs. The ubiquitous accessories started appearing when HD television sets were introduced to the consumer market. So ...
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.
Right now you might be wondering why you even need the best HDMI cable for PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. It's easy to assume that every HDMI cable is created equal, but that's actually far from the ...
Connect your mobile device to a bigger screen without killing its battery in the process. Connect your mobile device to a bigger screen without killing its battery in the process. Andrew Liszewski ...
Back in June, the Pixel 8 and newer phones gained DisplayPort Support and the Google Store is now selling a USB-C to HDMI cable just for that. Made by Cable Matters, you use it to “seamlessly ...
We've all had a good seven years to figure out why our interconnected devices refused to work properly with the HDMI 2.1 specification. The HDMI Forum announced at CES today that it's time to ...