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But then there's 4K, if we're talking about future proofing. Well, say right now it cannot transmit 1080p60 raw. Could it with new hardware in device and adapt

• mbell 14y ago
  > Well, say right now it cannot transmit 1080p60 raw. Could it with new hardware in device and adapter? Or put another way — does number of pins limit bandwidth in any way? Based on what has come out about lightning it appears to have 2 differential data channels (same as USB2). There will be some upper limit on frequency but its impossible to know without detailed specs. Its also not clear if one is locked as send and one as receive, or if they are configurable, there is an ancillary control channel so anything seems possible. For comparison, HDMI has 3 data channels, each with raw bit rate of up to 3.4Gbit/sec (~2.7Gbit/sec data).