I hope the new project isn't as much of a cluster as HDMI. I am sure with all the revisions it made him rich while frustrating the rest of the world. If I was building a cabling standard I would be looking into the needs of technology 20 years from now and not what is currently needed. I could have told you when HDMI came out that it didn't have enough bandwidth for future applications. Never mind the physical properties that made it a nightmare for installers like limited length, non-locking connectors and non not being able to terminate a cable. Never mind all the revisions and equipment incompatibilities.
Julie, we love you but I hope your friend was a 1st year engineering student with a good business plan when he developed HDMI because any decent engineer would not have developed such a poor standard. As an industry standard, HDMI is a bad joke forced upon consumers! Since HDMI was built off DVI and 8B/10B before that, it could have been easily built off of fiber optics 20+ years ago and not given us anywhere near the headaches and would have eliminated many of the problems and continuous upgrades that HDMI causes.
