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it seems like we were only just getting used to hdmi 2.0 as the new normal with its support for 4k resolution at 60 Hertz making it a viable option for gamers and enthusiasts but there's already something much more impressive on the horizon the recently announced HDMI 2.1 of course going from 2.0 to 2.1 might not sound like a huge leap for mankind think about how unexcited the transition from windows 8 to 8.1 was but this new revision of hdmi actually has massively enhanced capabilities first up let's talk resolution 4k 5k and even 8k our child's play for the new hdmi 2.1 which supports content at up to 10k and although the hdmi forum hasn't yet said if 10k means the typical 16 by 9 aspect ratio with about 10,000 pixels across or something more widescreen and cinematic it definitely far outstrips the 4k resolution of older HDMI perhaps even more impressively though HDMI 2.1 can handle these absurd resolutions at equally absurd framerate we're talking 120 Hertz at 10 K which makes even the a K 60 Hertz capabilities of the latest DisplayPort revision 1.4 look positively pedestrian and although you would need a seriously incredible video card in your computer to push that many pixels in a game you can still perhaps look forward to ultra smooth movies and videos on YouTube at staggering resolutions and on the subject of gaming hdmi 2.1 will support its own variable refresh rate technology simply called game mode vrr this allows a source device like a PC or a game console and a connected display to synchronize their refresh rates and thus avoid pesky screen pairing similar to Nvidia g-sync and AMD freesync which you can learn more about here hopefully this will finally make adaptive refresh much more accessible than the fragmented bundle of ecosystems that we have now and that's not all it can do to make your content look more real than ever before like hdmi 2.0 2.1 supports HDR or high dynamic range which expands black and white levels as well as color ranges especially in bright and dark scenes you can learn more about HDR here but hdmi 2.1 takes the concept a step further with dynamic metadata this allows the exact range of luminance to be varied on a per frame basis and although the existing dolby vision HDR standard also supports dynamic metadata it's a proprietary standard whereas the HDR 10 standard is open meaning more devices at lower prices and of course HDMI carries audio along with your video so there are improvements for your ears as well we'll be getting a feature called enhanced audio return channel enabling objects based on schemes like Dolby Atmos and DTS X meaning each sound in the movie or show that you're watching is encoded as its own specific object instead of just having a limited number of discrete channels making positional audio more realistic whether you have four speakers in your setup or 24 but all of this new stuff means hdmi 2.1 needs a larger pipe with higher bandwidth 48 gigabits per second to be exact which is over twice as much as hdmi 2.0 and even faster than current MDOT 2 PCI Express SSDs there is bad news though in addition to buying a new TV a new source device and new copies of all of your content you will even need new HDMI 2.1 cables to take advantage of the higher resolutions just make sure that you don't get hoodwinked into buying one of those thousand dollars silver ones from wire world racing against the clock as a freelancer challenging yes but with the growth of the internet there's never been more opportunities for the self-employed and come on did you have a degree in accounting already I didn't think so but fresh books just launched a new version of their cloud accounting software that is designed to make your life simpler and save you time not to mention help you get more organized you can create and send professional-looking invoices in less than 30 seconds you can set up online payments with just a couple of clicks you can see when your client has seen the invoice and put an end to the guessing games you can take deposits you can track your expenses basically it's flippin awesome but don't take my word for it check out the 30 day unrestricted free trial that we've got linked in the video description and enter text quickie in the how did you hear about us section so thanks for watching guys like just like check out our other channels leave a comment if you have a suggestion for a future video and don't forget to subscribe subscribe Lew