Why do HDMI cables have such high bandwidth capability when most of the content we watch is usually at a much lower bit rate?

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Why do HDMI cables have such high bandwidth capability when most of the content we watch is usually at a much lower bit rate?

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Answer 1

Hi 🙂

The TV doesn’t receive high (loss based) compressed video (e.g. not MP4 like you’re used to when watching internet videos), and thus video signals need a larger bandwidth.

If you attach a blu-ray player, media stick, camera, you don’t want to add (more) compression artifacts.

Plus there’s always overhead, planning ahead for higher resolution standards.