http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/21/hdmi-reduces-their-licensing-fees-to-increase-amount-of-devices/ Engadget HD Comments for http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/21/hdmi-reduces-their-licensing-fees-to-increase-amount-of-devices/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/21/hdmi-reduces-their-licensing-fees-to-increase-amount-of-devices/Jul 21st 2006 6:27PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/21/hdmi-reduces-their-licensing-fees-to-increase-amount-of-devices/http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/07/21/hdmi-reduces-their-licensing-fees-to-increase-amount-of-devices/HDMI 1.3 will more than double the bandwidth of the existing HDMI 1.1 standard from 165 MHz (4.95 Gbps) to 340 MHz (10.2 Gbps). This opens the door to future improvements such as higher resolutions, so called, 'Deep Color' technology and higher frame rates.

Deep Color will enable 30, 36 and 48 bit (RGB or YCbCr) color depths. HDMI 1.1 has only 24 bit color depth. This translates going from millions of colors to billions of colors.

HDMI 1.3 incorporates an automatic audio/video synching capability and true lossless compressed digital audio formats (Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio) as well.

Look also for a mini connector for HD perepherals.

There is also NO way to make an HDMI 1.1 device into a 1.3 device. There is NO firmware or software enabling fix. You are either 1.3 or not. Apparently, PS3 will be 1.3. This will likely be the first implementation. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.]]>Jul 24th 2006 3:40PM