Your bread-and-butter HDMI cable at lengths up to 15 feet was almost guaranteed to work OK. You’d probably still be safe up to 25 feet.

If you’ve just bought a new 4K 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.

Bottom line: "HDMI 1.4" has nothing to do with cables, it refers to hardware (TV, Blu-ray player, etc.) only. So says HDMI.org. There are only four HDMI cable types: high speed with or without ...

For example, an older 1080p60Hz TV receiving information from an HDMI 2.1 cable will still display images at 1080p60Hz, and a 4K60Hz TV will display 4K60Hz. The opposite is not true, however.

Buying an HDMI cable should be simple—but some cables don’t perform as expected, while others don’t clearly indicate the HDMI specifications supported. If you don’t have time to dig into ...

Not surprisingly, cable manufacturers are jumping at the chance to sell new and more expensive "4K" HDMI cables. But guess what -- you probably don't need 4K HDMI cables, because your current ones ...

The HDMI Forum’s Technical Working Group has released the specs for HDMI 2.1, as well as a new Ultra High Speed HDMI cable. Some of the 2.1 spec’s features will be backward compatible with ...

The 6.5ft HDMI 2.1b cable is designed specifically for the Google TV Streamer. Google calls it the Ultra High-Speed HDMI Cable and sells it for $19.99 on its website.

The plug-and-play device includes a 3.3-foot HDMI cable (unlike some switches that sell the HDMI cable separately). It can support 4K at a 60Hz refresh rate, as well as 3D video.

Getting your hands on the best HDMI 2.1 cable is a great way to unlock higher refresh rates at higher resolutions. HDMI 2.1 has been out for long enough that more and more people are making the ...

In short, the HDMI 2.0 standard "doesn't exist" anymore, and display designers should mark any HDMI 2.x display as supporting HDMI 2.1 as long as they support one new feature.