New HDMI 2.1 Spec Includes Support For Dynamic HDR, 8K Resolution (techhive.com)

The HDMI Licensing Group has unveiled the HDMI 2.1 spec, adding support for dynamic HDR, 8K60, and 4K120. From a report on TechHive: To take full advantage of the new HDMI spec, you'll need a new 48-gigabit-per-second cable. That cable will also work with older HDMI 1.3 (10.2Gbps) and HDMI 2.0a (16Gbps) ports, but those ports don't support the new HDMI 2.1 features. [...] HDMI 2.1 adds support for the new object-oriented audio codecs -- such as Dolby Atmos and DTS X -- which can position audio events from movie soundtracks in 3D space.

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[EvilSS]

That's funny since most printed text is printed at like 72dpi and nobody complains that printed text is pixelated or "unclear." The human eye isn't that good. What you are loving isn't resolution related -- it's the better backlight giving you better blacks than what you had on old 1080 monitors.

That's funny since most printed text is printed at like 72dpi and nobody complains that printed text is pixelated or "unclear." The human eye isn't that good. What you are loving isn't resolution related -- it's the better backlight giving you better blacks than what you had on old 1080 monitors.

Found the guy who's never worked on a 4K monitor. Try it for a while. Going back to 1080p it looks like text was rendered with a circular saw. I have a very new, high end 27" 144hz gaming monitor. I love it for games but I also have two 27" 4K monitors on the PC I use for work and the difference is extremely noticeable. Text and lines are razor sharp.

Not to mention all that extra screen real estate!