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Re:When HDMI 2.1 isn't HDMI 2.1 – the confusing world of the... by colechristensen on Monday December 13, 2021 @04:58PM (#29545219)
It’s just design by committee and long-standing efforts for backwards compatibility. Also the people writing the standards are far too familiar with them and thus a bit lost when it comes to making practical decisions.

Whenever you make changes there will be compromises and someone will have reason to be unhappy.

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Re:When HDMI 2.1 isn't HDMI 2.1 – the confusing world of the... by mannykannot on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:07PM (#29548114)
There is no way that eliminating 2.0, in such a way that everything that used to rate as 2.0 now qualifies as conforming to some subset of 2.1, can be justified as backwards compatibility.
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