The first HDMI 2.2 cables are now on sale and support bandwidth up to 96 Gbps

It has been more than a year since the standard HDMI 2.2 was announced, whose main characteristic is to offer a bandwidth greater than 96Gbps capable of achieving support for 16K and 60 FPS video. A year later it seems that the first cables that meet this standard are beginning to be sold in stores, with this standard absent in devices that use it to take advantage of all these advantages.

The first HDMI 2.2 Ultra96 cables are now available for pre-order

The first cables seem to have been put on sale silklandat least this is what the manufacturer itself indicates, which has begun to accept orders for cables that comply with this next standard HDMI 2.2 Ultra96and which also have the HDMI Forum certification. As we have mentioned, its main advantage is to offer a bandwidth that covers double the previous ones. HDMI 2.1 Ultra High Speedachieving up to 96 Gbps.

The price is $32.99 for a standard 2 meter cablealthough the company also offers a 3-meter version for $55.99. Shipments will begin soon, from October 5and they will be sent in order of orders.

HDMI 2.2 enables uncompressed 4K video at 240Hz and up to 16K

The new features of this new standard, published more than a year ago, include the video format Uncompressed 4K at 240Hz and 8K at 60Hz with full 4:4:4 chroma. It also supports up to 16K depending on the compression and chroma used. Another novelty is the LIP (Latency Indication Protocol)a protocol that allows latency information to be exchanged between devices to improve audio and video synchronization.

Despite the new features included, others are also maintained, such as compatibility with VRR, dynamic HDR, eARC and others. These cables are compatible with HDMI 2.2 and are also compatible with previous versions of the standard, so you can use them on your HDMI 2.1 devices and ensure future compatibility with other devices that come with HDMI 2.2.

The main problem, there is still no hardware compatible with HDMI 2.2

But as we have mentioned, there is still no hardware that supports this standard, and we may have to wait for the next generation of graphics to enjoy these advantages. AMD has designed its next Radeon cards with RDNA 5 architecture with this compatibility with the HDMI 2.2 standard, although at 64 and 80 Gbps. NVIDIA with its RTX 60 Series It is also expected to introduce this version of HDMI, although it is currently unconfirmed.