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HDMI 1.4


Introduction to HDMI 1.4
TrueAV is preparing to meet your needs in the future. To give you a little more insight of what the future holds, here is a brief intro to the newest HDMI standard, HDMI 1.4. TrueAV will be working closely with our production partners to bring you certified cables that will support this new technology within the coming year.

On June 5, 2009, the organization that develops and regulates the HDMI format and standards released specifications for the new HDMI 1.4 format. The latest and greatest version of HDMI continues the lead the format has taken in innovating and advancing technologies in the Audio/Video Industry. 1.4 will deliver many new advancements that have only recently been introduced as new concepts at industry trade shows around the world but should start rolling into to peoples homes as early as next year.

New Features of HDMI include:

The HDMI 1.4 specification will offer the following enhanced functionalities
• What HDMI 1.4 is not
Although a new micro connector is being introduced for portable devices, there is no change to the shape, number of pins or pin configuration of the standard 19 Pin Type A HDMI connector found on most home electronics devices. That means unless you specifically need a cable that supports a new feature that you find is not supported by your current cables, your current cables should continue to function fine. So there's no need to rush out and replace all your current cables until the time comes.

Also, as new HDMI 1.4 devices come out, they will continue to be compatible with all your current HDMI 1.3 and older devices and cables. HDMI will continue to be backward compatible.

• The HDMI Ethernet Channel
1.4 introduces a new HDMI Ethernet channel. This new feature further delivers on HDMI promise to reduce cable clutter between your devices. As more and more devices become "connected" devices, taking advantage of features like streaming video over YouTube and NetFlix, rather than buying a new router and stringing Ethernet cables to each of these devices, your television can act as a type of router connecting to the internet through a single Ethernet connection and distributing connectivity to each of your other devices through the same HDMI cable that's transmitting video and audio content.

• Audio Return Channel
The new Audio Return Channel allows the HDMI connection between a television and A/V receiver to transmit audio two ways, both upstream and downstream. This eliminates the need for a separate audio cable and ensures you maintain the high digital audio quality of HDMI. Your experience is further enhanced by the LipSync functionality of HDMI which matches the audio and video of your programming compensating for any processor delays.

• 3D Support
Another new pending revolution in the A/V world is the new 3D technologies being promised. HDMI stays ahead of the game by supporting several different methods of rendering 3D images. Movies and games of the future promise to bring you to a whole new level.

• 4K x 2K Support
Resolution on par with state-of-the-art Digital Cinema projectors used in the local multiplexes will be coming to your living rooms. 4K x 2K which represents resolutions of 3840x2160 and 4096x2160 will both be supported by HDMI 1.4. All High Speed versions of HDMI cables will support this new feature.



• More Color Spaces
Expanding the Deep Color feature of HDMI 1.3 which added x.v. Color support, HDMI 1.4 adds three more color space options, sYCC601 color, Adobe RGB Color and Adobe YCC601 color, each of which promise to deliver a wider palette of colors to bring you more vibrant pictures.

• New Connector
Two new connector types are being added to the format. A type "D" is the Micro HDMI connector which will be placed on small portable electronic devices like cell phones and pocket cameras. The other is the type "E" which is a locking connector specifically designed for automotive applications

• Conclusion
Fact is, most of the HDMI 1.3 cables TrueAV currently sells will already support many of these new features like 3D over HDMI, 4K x 2K and additional color spaces. However, we will soon be carrying newer cables that will be certified to support the other features which promise to raise the bar in terms of performance while maintaining the unmatched value that TrueAV has always delivered. And as always, we'll stand behind our cables with a lifetime warranty.


HDMI 1.3 Specification released


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HDMI 1.3 Overview

With the launch of HDMI version 1.3, HDMI continues to increase its overall functionality to meet the needs of the High-Definition marketplace.
HDMI 1.3 will include the following new features:

Higher speed: HDMI 1.3 increases its single-link bandwidth from 165MHz (4.95 gigabits per second) to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) to support the demands of future high definition display devices, such as higher resolutions, Deep Color¢â and high frame rates. In addition, built into the HDMI 1.3 specification is the technical foundation that will let future versions of HDMI reach significantly higher speeds.

Deep Color : HDMI 1.3 supports 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths, up from the 24-bit depths in previous versions of the HDMI specification.

  • Lets HDTVs and other displays go from million of colors to billions of colors.
  • Eliminates on-screen color banding, for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colors.
  • Enables increased contrast ratio
  • Can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white
  • At 30-bit pixel depth, a four times improvement would be the minimum, and the typical improvement would be eight times or more.

Broader color space: HDMI 1.3 removes all limits on color selection

  • Next-generation xvYCC color space supports 1.8 times as many colors as existing HDTV signals
  • Lets HDTVs display colors more accurately
  • Enables displays with natural, vivid colors

New mini connector: With small portable devices such as HD camcorders and still cameras demanding seamless connectivity to HDTVs, HDMI 1.3 offers a new, smaller form factor connector option.

Lip Sync: Because consumer electronics devices are using increasingly complex digital signal processing to enhance the clarity and detail of the content, synchronization of video and audio in user devices has become a greater challenge and could potentially require complex end-user adjustments. HDMI 1.3 incorporates an automatic video/audio synching capability that allows devices to perform this synchronization automatically with total accuracy.

New lossless audio formats: In addition to HDMI's current ability to support high-bandwidth uncompressed digital audio and all currently-available compressed formats (such as Dolby Digital and DTS), HDMI 1.3 adds additional support for new, lossless compressed digital audio formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD.