The HDMI app will be used much less frequently in future, as the HDMI Licensing Administrator (HDMI LA) is switching to a new system. However, as Club3D notes, there will be a transition phase during which old certification certificates will still be visible.

The new certifications for HDMI cables are now slowly coming onto the market. Known as Gen 2, these certifications will provide verification for the authenticity of a given cable and gradually replace the first generation certifications.

This formally began in May 2023, but the HDMI Licensing Administrator (HDMI LA) has allowed the old labels to continue to be used until stocks of the corresponding cables have all been sold. In its February newsletter, cable manufacturer Club3D drew attention to this change and stated that it is currently changing its label fulfillment provider, so packs with both the old and the new certifications will soon appear in stores.

The new certification has the advantage that it can be checked more easily. According to the HDMI LA, a simple scan of the QR code on the pack is enough to verify its authenticity. The old verification, on the other hand, required the proprietary HDMI app.

        • Honytawk
          21·
          9 months ago

          I hate that, all my other devices use HDMI.

          None of my DP ports have been used.

          Except for the one I plugged a DP to HDMI adaptor in because my GPU only has one bloody HDMI.

          • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            9 months ago

            I haven’t used HDMI since about 2017 (1060 6gb) and IIRC I even used DP on my 660 TI PE

            Are ya exclusively using TV’s?

    • Honytawk
      13·
      9 months ago

      Displayport sucks.

      The connector is so brittle and long, it breaks too easily compared to HDMI.

      And it is not like DP has features that HDMI doesn’t.