ISE 2025: HDMI 2.2 Has Been Announced, We Talked with Kordz to Find Out What It Means For Enthusiasts

(February 18, 2025) The official announcement of HDMI 2.2 has stoked the flames of excitement while also posing as a source of dread as enthusiasts begin to wonder what it ultimately means for them and their current systems.

When will HDMI 2.2 become relevant?

When will we see compatible content?

Will we all need to buy new cables?

What does 2.2 mean for manufacturers?

These are reasonable questions, and who better to ask than Ben Yeh, Operations Director at the well-known cable manufacturer Kordz! We caught up with Ben on the show floor at ISE 2025 and had a great conversation. You can watch the full interview below.

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[Bob Rapoport]

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(February 18, 2025) The official announcement of HDMI 2.2 has stoked the flames of excitement while also posing as a source of dread as enthusiasts begin to wonder what it ultimately means for them and their current systems.

When will HDMI 2.2 become relevant?

When will we see compatible content?

Will we all need to buy new cables?

What does 2.2 mean for manufacturers?

These are reasonable questions, and who better to ask than Ben Yeh, Operations Director at the well-known cable manufacturer Kordz! We caught up with Ben on the show floor at ISE 2025 and had a great conversation. You can watch the full interview below.

Related Reading:

• Just When You Thought The HDMI Rat Race Had Ended, HDMI 2.2 Gets Announced
• Just Ask Bob; Free Advice on how to adopt HDMI into your older audio system
• Murideo Unveils STIX HDMI Generator and Analyzer for 8K Testing Needs

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(February 18, 2025) The official announcement of HDMI 2.2 has stoked the flames of excitement while also posing as a source of dread as enthusiasts begin to wonder what it ultimately means for them and their current systems.

When will HDMI 2.2 become relevant?

When will we see compatible content?

Will we all need to buy new cables?

What does 2.2 mean for manufacturers?

These are reasonable questions, and who better to ask than Ben Yeh, Operations Director at the well-known cable manufacturer Kordz! We caught up with Ben on the show floor at ISE 2025 and had a great conversation. You can watch the full interview below.

Related Reading:

• Just When You Thought The HDMI Rat Race Had Ended, HDMI 2.2 Gets Announced
• Just Ask Bob; Free Advice on how to adopt HDMI into your older audio system
• Murideo Unveils STIX HDMI Generator and Analyzer for 8K Testing Needs

After 20 years of evolving HDMI versions, its safe to say that the first thing to know is never be an early adopter of a new version of HDMI. v2.1 was followed by v2.1a and v2.1b, adopting v2.1 when it first appeared lead to early obsolescence. The same happened to v1.3, v1.4, and v2.0, all followed by extensions that added more features. v2.1 added 8K definition, VRR, and eARC but the Studios quickly announced there would be no movies or concerts released in 8K because the deployment of 4K TVs was still going slowly, nowhere near saturation.
8K TVs appeared but we all had to feed them with 4K content and rely on the TVs upscaling to fill up all those pixels. 8K was more about screen size than definition. Now with v2.2, the definition increases to 10K, 12K, and 16K and no software will be released. v2.1 and v2.2 are better suited to ProAV applications like digital advertising on buildings in Times Square and the Vegas Strip, & stadium scoreboards. They are not consumer applications unless you're a video gamer.
Today's best content is native 4K on Blu-ray and 4K AV streaming. All you need for those is v2.0b, the mature version of v2.0.