According to reports in specialized media, HDMI Org, that is, the organization that coordinates and approves standards for versions of the famous digital port will announce the specifications of the new HDMI standard on January 6, 2025, the day before the official start of the CES 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The announcement says that it will increase the bandwidth, which in the existing iteration of the HDMI 2.1 port is limited to 48 Gbps, but no other technical details are given. Not even the name of the future version of the connector was specified, so v2.2 is just an assumption. This is understandable – the lack of information will naturally stimulate interest and give rise to speculation.
The probability that this will be the new generation is quite high. The existing HDMI 2.1 version has limitations not only in bandwidth but also in resolution and refresh rate, which no longer suit monitor manufacturers who are ready to release models with a refresh rate of over 500 Hz next year. Moreover, the current models with a frequency of 480 Hz can only receive video with stream compression.
However, some portals went even further in their reasoning, stating that the new standard will not only give impetus to developing 8K TVs and monitors but will also spur studios to release 8K content. At the same time, it is difficult to say what this is: ignorance of the market situation or an attempt to give hope to those selling or who have already bought an 8K TV. One thing is clear: if over the previous 9 years that have passed since the release of the first 8K TV, neither studios nor TV channels have managed to release a single film with 8K resolution, then the release of the new HDMI standard will not encourage them to do so.
But they already have content that they cannot put into wide circulation due to the limitations of existing standards – these are films in 3D HFR, which are currently only available to Apple Vision Pro users.
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