MHL 3.0 supports 4K Ultra HD video.
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Silicon Image introduces mobile-device cable tech that can transfer 4K Ultra HD video to TVs

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Support for transferring the highest-resolution videos from a smartphone to a TV just got a lot stronger.

Silicon Image announced today it has created chips that support MHL 3.0 cables, which can transfer 4K Ultra HD video from a mobile device to a living room television or other high-resolution displays. This sort of infrastructure may not seem that sexy, but it is a vital part the refresh cycle for the next generation of televisions. If we can’t show 4K video on a screen, nobody will want a 4K screen.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.