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TL;DR
- Because of MediaTek’s Pentonic 800 chip, extra producers may provide TVs with as much as 4 HDMI 2.1 ports this yr.
- Hisense is the primary producer to announce high-end TVs that includes this new chip.
- The corporate has additionally shared plans to supply a USB-C DisplayPort port on its 2025 U8Q TV in choose markets.
A number of TV makers showcased their newest improvements at CES this yr, however one essential enchancment that would vastly profit players buying a brand new TV in 2025 appears to have gone unnoticed. As per a brand new report from FlatpanelsHD, we may see extra TVs with as much as 4 HDMI 2.1 ports this yr as producers swap to MediaTek’s new Pentonic 800 chipset.
Samsung and LG are presently the one producers providing TVs with 4 high-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 ports. The businesses reportedly depend on in-house or custom-made chipsets to offer this characteristic on their TVs. In distinction, different producers that use MediaTek’s inventory Pentonic 700 and Pentonic 1000 chips are restricted to 2 HDMI 2.1 ports.
MediaTek addressed this limitation in June final yr by introducing the Pentonic 800 chip, which helps “as much as 4 high-speed video/audio enter interfaces.” Hisense has confirmed that a few of its upcoming TVs will characteristic this new chip (by way of Vincent Teoh on X) and, subsequently, characteristic 4 HDMI 2.1 ports.
Hisense has additionally revealed that its 2025 U8Q TV may characteristic three HDMI 2.1 ports and a USB-C DisplayPort port in choose markets, making it the primary commercially out there TV to characteristic a USB-C port. Hisense is presently the one TV maker with confirmed plans to modify to MediaTek’s new chip, however we anticipate extra producers to comply with go well with quickly.
With entry to 4 high-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 ports, customers will be capable of join a number of consoles to their TVs with out worrying about switching connections to make the most of gaming options like excessive refresh charge help with variable refresh charge, auto low latency mode, and many others.