This is the latest HDMI cable on the market. This revision doubles the bandwith of the previous revisions. These high quality HDMI cables represent the future of Home Theater Visual and Audio performance. New features like the "Deep Color," higher color gamut, and high resolution Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio are making higher bandwidth demands than ever before. The Category 2 testing that this cable goes through ensures that the standard set by new requirements are adhered to.