PS5 and Xbox Series X HDMI 2.1 features

What PS5 and Xbox Series X features do I need HDMI 2.1 for?

By Jason Faulkner

HDMI 2.1 has almost triple the bandwidth of HDMI 2.0, jumping from 18 Gbit/s to 48 G/bits. There are many excellent features available with HDMI 2.1 because of this increased data transmission rate. As such, the PS5 and Xbox Series X, both of which support HDMI 2.1, have some additional functions added that weren’t on their…

Jason Faulkner
Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner is Evolve Media's Evergreen SEO Manager. On a typical day, you can find him working desperately trying to get late-1990s/early-2000s PC games working at 4K and 16:9 ratio without crashing.

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