According to The Verge, HDMI 2.2 was announced at CES today, doubling the peak bandwidth from 48 Gbps to 96 Gbps. The Verge’s author wasn’t very impressed by that in general, since HDMI 2.1 can already do 8k at 60 FPS and 4k at 120 FPS. In their view, HDMI 2.2’s extra bandwidth isn’t particularly useful. When using an 8k display for a TV, that’s probably reasonable, but the higher bandwidth is critical for 8k monitors. Sure, in an ideal world everyone would be using DisplayPort for ...
