Post by broncos on 59 minutes ago
Hey everyone,
While working on a high school project, I wanted to share a curious case of technology that fits perfectly into the lost media category: HDMI Type B. It sounds silly, but when you see the whole story, you understand why it's so strange that there's no picture of it, only prototypes.
When the first HDMI specification was released in 2002, in addition to the Type A connector (the one we all use today), a Type B was defined, intended for ultra-high resolutions. In theory, it was going to be the future for super high-definition displays.
The strange thing is that no devices or cables with this connector were ever manufactured. It's documented in official manuals, and there are even prototypes online, but there's no evidence that it ever reached the market. There aren't even any physical pictures of the cable, which is odd. (Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips, Sony, RCA, Toshiba, and Silicon Image) were the companies that created the different types of HDMI. And it's interesting that none of them have given any indication or even a physical photo of it.
If you search online, you'll find photos of HDMI cables that appear to be Type B, but they're just hybrids, or other variations of the cable, but finding a specific Type B is almost impossible. Is possible that one of the companies that worked on the HDMI have one prototype of the HDMI-B but idk
While working on a high school project, I wanted to share a curious case of technology that fits perfectly into the lost media category: HDMI Type B. It sounds silly, but when you see the whole story, you understand why it's so strange that there's no picture of it, only prototypes.
When the first HDMI specification was released in 2002, in addition to the Type A connector (the one we all use today), a Type B was defined, intended for ultra-high resolutions. In theory, it was going to be the future for super high-definition displays.
The strange thing is that no devices or cables with this connector were ever manufactured. It's documented in official manuals, and there are even prototypes online, but there's no evidence that it ever reached the market. There aren't even any physical pictures of the cable, which is odd. (Hitachi, Panasonic, Philips, Sony, RCA, Toshiba, and Silicon Image) were the companies that created the different types of HDMI. And it's interesting that none of them have given any indication or even a physical photo of it.
If you search online, you'll find photos of HDMI cables that appear to be Type B, but they're just hybrids, or other variations of the cable, but finding a specific Type B is almost impossible. Is possible that one of the companies that worked on the HDMI have one prototype of the HDMI-B but idk
