Sesivele siqala ukuba nezindaba mayelana ne-CES elandelayo eLas Vegas futhi kulokhu sibhekene nokufika kokucaciswa okubili kwe-HDMI 2.1 ne-HDMI Alt, ngalo mcimbi obalulekile. Iqiniso ngukuthi abakhiqizi abaningi babheja namuhla Amachweba ohlobo C lwe-USB, futhi kulokhu izinga le-HDMI Alt abalimemezele ngoSepthemba odlule liyakwazi ukusebenza nalokhu kuxhumanangakho-ke asikho isidingo sokukhathazeka ngama-adaptha akuleli chweba futhi lokhu kuyinto okufanele uyikhumbule.
Ukufika kwalezi zinkomba ezimbili kuvula idlanzana leminyango ngevidiyo yedijithali ebhalwe ngokufihliwe nomsindo, kodwa okuhle kunakho konke, zinemisebenzi efanayo nokuxhumeka kwamanje okufaka ukudlala kwevidiyo ye-4K noma ye-3D, i-HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC), umsindo we-ARC neDolby Surround. Ubumbano phakathi kwamachweba we-HDMI ne-USB Type-C luya ngokuya lusondela.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi sinokufika kwe-HDMI 2.1, ezothobelana ngokuphelele nemethadatha enamandla ye-HDR. Lokhu kukuvumela ukuthi uzivumelanise ngokuzenzakalela nemingcele yezithombe ezihlukile kokuhlukile i-tv ene-HDMI 2.1 kanye nabaqaphi bamanje. Konke lokhu nokunye okuningi kuzokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni nangokuningiliziwe kwi-CES yalo nyaka ezokwenzeka ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari nalapho sizoba nezindaba ezibalulekile ezihlobene naleli zinga. Yonke imininingwane emayelana nale-HDMI Alt ingatholakala ngqo kuwebhusayithi ye I-HDMI.