What are the new features in the HDMI version 1.3 specification?
A summary of the new features of the HDMI version 1.3 specification follows. (Courtesy of http://www.hdmi.org) • Higher speed: Although previous versions of HDMI have had enough bandwidth to support current HDTV formats, HDMI 1.3 increases its single-link bandwidth to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps) for support of demands of future HD display devices, such as higher resolutions, Deep Color™ and high frame rates. Additionally, the technical foundation to allow future versions of HDMI reach significantly higher speeds is built into the HDMI 1.3 spec. • Deep Color™: HDMI 1.3 supports 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths, up from the 24-bit depths in previous versions of the HDMI specification, for rendering of over one billion colors in unprecedented detail. • Broader color space: HDMI 1.3 adds support for “xvYCC” color standard, which removes current color space limitations and enables the display of virtually any color perceivable to the human eye. • New mini connector: With small
