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Re:Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3B by cesarb on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @09:52AM (#39441978)
The HDMI standard has it (and the cable generation shouldn't matter, as long as it has all pins connected), but does anything actually implement that Ethernet channel?
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Re:Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3B by 0xcde4c3db on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @10:05AM (#39442130)
The pair used by Ethernet was optional until it was repurposed for eARC (high-bandwidth audio backhaul to a receiver/soundbar). Early-version HDMI cables were available in both "with Ethernet" and "without Ethernet" flavors.
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