Answers.Body: <p>A 1.4 cable should work fine with a 1.3 signal, however an HDMI 1.4 signal will not work with an HDMI 1.3 cable or an HDMI 1.3 output unless the source is capable of using a prior standard.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm installing a Hitachi MS-1 switcher, and it's HDMI output works fine with an HDMI v1.3 cable, but not with a cable v1.4.  I've tested the v1.4 cable on a different output device (DVD player) and it works fine.  I've also tried two different display devices (monitor and projector).</p>
  
  <p>My question is:  Is HDMI v1.4 supposed to be fully backwards compatible, or are there some caveats?</p>
  
  <p>Also, has anyone else encountered any equipment that worked with HDMI v1.3 but not v1.4?</p>
  
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Title: Is HDMI 1.4 backwards compatible with 1.3?
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ThreadText: # Is HDMI 1.4 backwards compatible with 1.3?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-08-12)
  
  I'm installing a Hitachi MS-1 switcher, and it's HDMI output works fine with an HDMI v1.3 cable, but not with a cable v1.4. I've tested the v1.4 cable on a different output device (DVD player) and it works fine. I've also tried two different display devices (monitor and projector).
  
  My question is: Is HDMI v1.4 supposed to be fully backwards compatible, or are there some caveats?
  
  Also, has anyone else encountered any equipment that worked with HDMI v1.3 but not v1.4?
  
  **Tags:** hdmi
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2013-08-12. Score: 1
  
  A 1.4 cable should work fine with a 1.3 signal, however an HDMI 1.4 signal will not work with an HDMI 1.3 cable or an HDMI 1.3 output unless the source is capable of using a prior standard.
  
  
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