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Re:When HDMI 2.1 isn't HDMI 2.1 – the confusing world of the... by spicybright on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:39PM (#29545619)
You can't legally call your food a hamburger if it's 90% meat glue and 10% cow.

Can we not do the same with cables?

Whoever is responsible for setting standards must be getting some good kickbacks from all this...

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Re:When HDMI 2.1 isn't HDMI 2.1 – the confusing world of the... by colejohnson66 on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:58PM (#29545808)
The people writing the standards are also the ones implementing it. That’s the kickback. That’s why every USB 3.whatever device suddenly became USB4 ones.
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