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Nintendo says your old Switch HDMI cable "isn't compatible" with the Switch 2, but I'd argue that's not strictly true or helpful
Your old wires will work, but there's still a catch.
ExtremeTech on MSN14h
Chinese HDMI Rival Offers Double the Bandwidth and Near 500W Power
A Chinese conglomerate has debuted a new cable standard that could rival entrenched cables like HDMI and USB-C. The new ...
Is this the beginning of the end of HDMI? Here’s what you need to know about GPMI
While the current top-shelf specification for TVs, HDMI 2.1, supports a bandwidth of 48Gbps, GPMI supports a bandwidth of up to 192Gbps — a major upgrade over what you’ll find on the best TVs on the ...
China's GPMI Leaves HDMI And DisplayPort In The Dust With 480W Support And Gobs Of Bandwidth
A Chinese industry consortium including Huawei, TCL, and HiSense has created a new USB-C-compatible A/V protocol as an ...
How-To Geek on MSN13h
China’s New HDMI Alternative Is Fast, but Who Is It Really For?
The upcoming HDMI 2.2 standard can do 12K at 120Hz, which is sufficient for most consumers. Somehow, it seems like the HDMI ...
What Hi-Fi? on MSN20h
HDMI gets a new Chinese competitor – and it could be 8K's saviour
HDMI has been the universal standard for connecting TV, AV and home cinema equipment for quite some time, after it made its ...
Meet GPMI, the one-cable standard taking on HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt
At CES 2025, the new HDMI 2.2 standard was announced, introducing up to 96 Gbps of bandwidth. That’s a big enough pipe to support 8K or even 10K video, along with higher frame rates (up to 240Hz). In ...