Digital Home - HDTV FAQ: What is HDMI?: "Everyday thousands of people visit the Digital Forum looking for information about High definition television (HDTV) and everyday we try to help our readers out by answering frequently asked questions.
In this HDTV FAQ article we examine a common question about high definition television - What is HDMI? In addition, we discuss how much to spend on an HDMI cable and the new HDMI v1.3 standard.
The High-Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI) is an industry-supported, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface with 5 Gbps of available bandwidth. Simply speaking, HDMI is a new type of cable connection used to transmit video and audio signals from your cable set top box, DVD player or satellite receiver to your high definition television.
HDMI has the capacity to support existing enhanced and high-definition video formats including 480p, 720p, 1080i, and even 1080p as well as standard definition formats such as NTSC or PAL.
Eventually HDMI cables are expected to replace the analog component and analog audio cables that have been the primary way to send video and audio signals to HDTV's for the last eight years.
HDTV televisions sold today typically have at least one HDMI input, however, Digital Home recommends you look for one that has two or three HDMI inputs since you're likely to hook up multiple devices such as a DVD player, cable set top box, satellite receiver, or Playstation 3 via the HDMI connection.
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