Tag Archives: hdmi

HDMI 2.0: What you need to know

Update: There’s been a small update, called HDMI 2.0a. Update 1/2017: There’s been another update, this one is called HDMI 2.1. The HDMI Forum, the nonprofit body that oversees the HDMI specification, recently announced version 2.0. There were numerous changes, not least support for higher frame rates than are possible with the current 1.4 specification. …

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Ultra HD 4K and beyond: Rec. 2020 glimpses the future of TVs

The International Telecommunications Union is the regulatory body that establishes the parameters by which all TVs and their related paraphernalia (cameras and so on) work. Without them, every TV show would look different on every TV. To help with the adoption of Ultra HD, otherwise known as “4K,” they’ve put out the sexy sounding Recommendation ITU-R BT.2020. What does it …

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How to connect your Android phone to an HDTV

Many Android phones have HDMI ports to output photos and videos to an HDTV. We’ll show you how to connect your Android phone to your TV so you can view them on the big screen. The phone we’ll use in this how-to is a Motorola Droid X. Step 1: Connect the HDMI cable to your Android phone and your HDTV. …

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