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Targetted for the next generation of digital televisions – known as “Ultra HDTV’s”; HDMI 2.0 has finally arrived after being in works for about 2 years by the broad group of companies in HDMI forum.

The arrival of HDMI 2.0 is very timely for the wide rollout of this new generation of Ultra HDTVs. Since its debut in 2002, every major revision of HDMI specification had a key driving theme, for example, HDMI 1.3 offered higher bandwidth for deep color modes, HDMI 1.4 offered 3D modes etc. The main theme behind HDMI 2.0 is 18 Gbps bandwidth to support 4K resolution at 60Hz frame rate for the ultra-high definition experience. With backwards compatibility as the basic underlying requirement, HDMI 2.0 will offer a broad array of new and exciting features. Here is the summary of new features offered by HDMI 2.0.

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