For some reason, outside of video, HDMI knows how to shoot themselves in the foot almost as well as the USB-IF.
HDMI CEC? Has anyone actually got that working correctly?
Anyone remember Ethernet over HDMI? Apparently that was a thing. (Not to be confused with HDMI over Ethernet, which actually has some uses.)
HDMI for soundbars? We got ARC ports (Audio Return Channel). But it was buggy, didn't support lossless audio, needed new DRM, and was bad at maintaining lip sync, so introducing eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel). eARC works by... scrapping Ethernet over HDMI and reusing the wires. Better get a new TV that supports it, there's no adapters (downgrading to regular ARC if any part of the chain doesn't support eARC).
HDMI CEC? Has anyone actually got that working correctly?
Anyone remember Ethernet over HDMI? Apparently that was a thing. (Not to be confused with HDMI over Ethernet, which actually has some uses.)
HDMI for soundbars? We got ARC ports (Audio Return Channel). But it was buggy, didn't support lossless audio, needed new DRM, and was bad at maintaining lip sync, so introducing eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel). eARC works by... scrapping Ethernet over HDMI and reusing the wires. Better get a new TV that supports it, there's no adapters (downgrading to regular ARC if any part of the chain doesn't support eARC).