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Yes - HDMI 2.0 includes modes with higher clock speeds than HDMI 1.4 - which will demand better electrical performance (in analogue terms) to carry a signal without it degrading to the point at which it can't be properly digitally decoded.
A very poor quality, in electrical terms, cable may not carry HDMI 2.0 signals without errors even though it may be able to carry an earlier version of HDMI, with lower clock speeds, without errors. However if the signal is carried without errors, it is carried without errors. Picture quality is not altered by cable if the signal arrives with no errors.
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(This post was last modified: 2015-06-21, 00:29 by noggin.)
Not all active cables are equal.
AIUI some (most?) active cables only support HDMI 1.4 modes and below - and don't support the new, higher clock rate, HDMI 2.0 modes that are required for 4:2:2 and 4:4:4 2160/60p. If you are using an Active cable solution you'll need to upgrade to one that supports HDMI 2.0 modes. Active cables are the exception when it comes to cables supporting HDMI 1.4 vs HDMI 2.0. That's because they aren't really cables - they are HDMI sources and sinks.
(HDMI 1.1-1.3 ran with a max clock rate of 165MHz, HDMI 1.4 moved this to 340MHz and HDMI 2.0 now has a max clock rate of 600MHz.)
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What about shield behind the tv, HDMI splutter and send the audio back to the hub via the existing cable?
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Can anybody please confirm if Nvidia Shield plays in 3D, SBS and HOU files? I want to get rid of a VidOn box but couldn't find any reference to 3D at Nvidia site
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Anything that can play 1920x1080 can play HSBS or HOU/HTAB. The HSBS/HOU/HTAB is simply a 1920x1080 file.
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