HDMI Forum, Inc. Releases 2.0a Specification

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HDMI Forum, Inc., a non-profit, mutual benefit corporation, today announced the completion and release of Version 2.0a of the HDMI® Specification. It is available to current HDMI 2.0 Adopters via the HDMI Adopter Extranet.

The specification has been updated to enable transmission of HDR formats, which provide enhanced picture quality by simultaneously enabling greater detail for both the dark and bright parts of an image. The HDR-related updates include references to CEA-861.3, CEA’s recently published update of HDR Static Metadata Extensions.

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Enables High Dynamic Range (HDR) Formats

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[Ilya]

I really hope it will be firmware upgradeable. Or we may have to wait another year for new chipsets.

 

[mike123abc]

I really hope it will be firmware upgradeable. Or we may have to wait another year for new chipsets.

It does not really matter. A display would have to have the capability of doing HDR anyways, which will become a new "feature" of future display devices.