When it comes to the HDMI cable, the Switch one won’t work with a Switch 2. Nintendo simply said the “standards differ.” So you need to use the one from the new system with its dock.

All of our picks for the best HDMI cables can deliver ultra-high-speed bandwidth, which means they support HDMI 2.1 features like 4K/120Hz video.

An officially licensed HDMI cable for your PS5, the PowerA Ultra High Speed HDMI Cable is a sure bet. Yes, it comes with a premium price tag, but if you want the best of the best, you’ll have to ...

In recent weeks, you may have heard of a new cable type called GPMI that could give HDMI and other common standards, like USB and Thunderbolt, a run for their money. But despite the early hype, ...

Alongside the USB-C type GPMI cable is a new, proprietary, “Type-B” cable, and it’s this that has the headline-grabbing 192 Gbps/480W capacity – the USB-C connector only manages half of each.

Nintendo says your old Switch HDMI cable isn't compatible with Switch 2, but since that's not strictly true, I'm here to clear things up about TV connectivity.

With TVs still tied to HDMI and USB-C mostly pulling monitor duty, GPMI has the potential to blow the market wide open. If Job’s Mob and the Grey Box Shifter get on board, expect your next 8K ...

For example, an older 1080p60Hz TV receiving information from an HDMI 2.1 cable will still display images at 1080p60Hz, and a 4K60Hz TV will display 4K60Hz. The opposite is not true, however.

Why it made the cut: Among certified Ultra High Speed HDMI cables, Zeskit delivers top quality at an accessible price. The best HDMI 2.1 cable offers more capacity than you will be able to use for ...

The forthcoming HDMI 2.2 standard will bring more bandwidth, a new way to get a handle on lip-sync errors and a new, backward-compatible cable, the HDMI Forum said at CES 2025.

The new cable, called Ultra96, will enable HDMI 2.2's increased bandwidth of 96Gbps. That's double the 48Gbps bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 and is more than the 80Gbps supported by DisplayPort 2.1.

Troubleshooting only gets easier HDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and content The physical connector is, confusingly but expectedly, the same.