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USB-C to HDMI cables coming soon

09/01/2016 at 12:00 PM by Brad Linder Leave a Comment

One of the key features of USB Type-C is support for delivering a lot of data through a USB cable, including video output. That means you should be able to use the same port to plug in a power adapter, connect peripherals like hard drives or gamepads, or hook up a monitor.

And soon you may not need any sort of special adapter for that last bit. The group behind the HDMI standard have announced a new “HDMI Alternate Mode” that allows companies to create cables with a USB Type-C connector on one end and HDMI on the other.

hdmi over usb c

Eventually we may start to see more monitors and TVs with USB-C input. For now, odds are that most of your displays already have HDMI ports. This will let you use them with the growing range of laptops, tablets, and other devices featuring USB Type-C ports.

HDMI Alt Mode supports HDMI 1.4b features including video resolutions up to 4K (at 30 frames per second), 1080p 3D video, and HDMI-CEC.

Of course, the HDMI 1.4b standard is about 5 years old at this point, and doesn’t support some HDMI 2.0 features including the increased bandwidth necessary for 4K video at 60 frames per second.

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Is USB-C not capable of 4k@60fps, or is it just this new USBC-to-HDMI standard that’s the limiting factor?

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The later, this particular HDMI Alt Mode is the limitation…

http://www.hdmi.org/manufactur…

Basically, it’s a trade off… With DisplayPort you need a active adapter to properly convert to other display standards, but that means more costs and more components that take up space and cause more clutter.

So for a little less bandwidth you can use a cheaper simple passive cable/port adapter and just straight connect with nothing else involved.

However, it’s an optional feature and that means it’s up to the individual OEMs as to whether they implement support for this feature or not… Just having a USB-C port doesn’t mean it’s supported…

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