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    HDMI 2.1 EXPLAINED

    Aug 19, 2020 5 minutes

    The HDMI cables connecting your Blu-ray player to your television, projector or soundbar work perfectly well, and that’s all that matters, right? Not quite. If you’re thinking of buying a new TV in the near future, you may have seen HDMI 2.1 appear on the specification sheet. HDMI 2.1 is a new standard that has increased bandwidth, supports higher frame rates, and can carry not just 4K, but up to 10K video from your source to your screen.

    For anyone into home cinema, HDMI 2.1 is a big deal. It supports Dynamic HDR formats, such as Dolby Vision and HDR10+, which allow the television to adjust its picture based on frame-by-frame information and make your movies and TV shows look their best.

    Also implemented in the most recent HDMI 2.1 specification is Enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC), the next generation of

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