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Marseille’s Cable Upscales to 4k

by Tom Allen

Upscaling HDMI cables, which contain chips to scale content from 1920 x 1080 to UltraHD, have been available for some time, but not widespread. We have previously reported on a $40 cable from Seiki, …

HDMI Enhances Certification

by Tom Allen

HDMI Licensing has launched the Premium HDMI Cable Certification Programme. The group says that the endeavour will ‘help [to] ensure that consumers, who will connect their devices with these cables, can enjoy the full …

Tags:Back Panel| Certification| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 40

New Gefen Matrix Provides 4K Ultra HD Switching and HDCP 2.2 Compatibility

by Tom Allen

Gefen has just announced its next generation matrix switcher: the 4K Ultra HD 8×8 Matrix for HDMI w/ HDCP 2.2 (EXT-UHD-88). This matrix offers cross-point routing of eight 4K Ultra HD sources to any …

Tags:HDMI| Switchers| UltraHD

IFA 2015 Roundup

by Tom Allen

Amazon introduced UltraHD HDR content streaming earlier in the year (High Dynamic Range Coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video This Year), but it was only available to customers using Samsung’s SUHD TVs. Now, the …

Samsung Announces Industry-First HDMI 2.0a Capability for 2015 SUHD and UHD TVs

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced today that its 2015 SUHD and UHD TVs will be the first on the market capable of supporting the new HDMI 2.0a specification. Samsung will issue a firmware update …

Tags:HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Samsung| UltraHD (4KTV)

Keep HDMI and Develop MHL Says Lattice (DS13)

by Bob Raikes

Marshall Goldberg is from Lattice Semiconductor, which recently bought Silicon Image, the developer of HDMI and MHL and the owners of the SiBeam wireless technology. Goldberg went through the history of HDMI from V1.4 …

AMD Skips HDMI 2.0 Support

by Tom Allen

According to an AMD representative on the Overclockers UK forum, AMD’s new ‘Fiji’ chip (AMD Has Big Plans for UltraHD) does not support an important part of the HDMI 2.0 standard: the ability to …

MegaChips Bridges DisplayPort and HDMI

by Tom Allen

Megachips is now shipping a DisplayPort 1.2/HDMI 2.0a bridge chip family. The MCDP28 line implements a high-speed level shifter and active-protocol converter (LSPCON) in a single chip. The chips support HDMI level shifting up …

Penveu Interactive Display System HDMI Models Are Now Shipping

by Vanessa Browning

penveu, an Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ: INPH) business, today announced that the new HDMI® models of the award-winning penveu® interactive display system have started shipping. These models include HDMI input and output in addition to …

Tags:HDMI| Interactive Displays

HDMI Upgrades Will Depend on Manufacturer

by Tom Allen

In an interview with HD Guru, Jeff Park – senior technical specifications manager for HDMI LLC – said that updating to v2.0a of the standard (HDR Formats Come to HDMI) would depend on the …

Tags:HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Standards| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Orange Branches Out With TV Stick

by Vanessa Browning

Orange has launched an HDMI dongle, simply called the TV Stick. The product acts as a small form factor STB. It will be deployed in Romania first, followed by France and other European countries. …

Tags:Europe| HDMI| Large Display Monitor| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 18

iScan Micro is Tiny Upscaler

by Tom Allen

A tiny video enhancement system has been developed by DVDO. The iScan Micro connects between an HDMI source and the display and uses VRS Clearview. It is able to scale content to UltraHD at …

Tags:HDMI| Large Display Monitor| Scalers| UltraHD (4KTV)| Vol 22 - Issue 18