The HDMI Advantage
HDMI technology is the global standard for connecting high-definition products:
the uncompressed, all-digital interface that delivers both dazzling quality and
unmatched ease of use. Over 1,000 manufacturers now incorporate HDMI connectivity
into a growing list of consumer products:
- HDTVs
- Blu-ray Disc players
- multimedia PCs
- gaming systems
- digital cameras and camcorders
- mobile devices and more.
It’s the one cable that transmits digital video, digital audio, and control data
through a single high-speed link, making it the best and easiest way to turn your
TV into a home entertainment powerhouse.
Simplicity
- Transmits all formats of digital audio and video through a single cable,
replacing as many as thirteen older cables and eliminating clutter.
- Makes it simple to hook up other devices to your home theater system.
PCs, gaming consoles, and video cameras can all be connected with the same one-plug
convenience.
- Makes it easy to install or upgrade an all-digital home entertainment
system. All HDMI versions are backward-compatible with previous versions.
Performance
- Enormous bandwidth capacity – up to 10.2 gigabits per second, more
than twice the bandwidth needed to transmit an uncompressed 1080p signal.
- Better looking movies
- Faster gaming
- Richer audio
- Future-ready for emerging technologies.
- 3D movies and gaming
- Higher resolutions, like 1440p or Quad HD
- Faster refresh rates, like 120Hz.
- Deep Color, taking the HDTV palette from millions to trillions of colors.
Intelligence
- HDMI is a "smart" two-way connection that allows devices to communicate
and interact with each other to dramatically improve your home theater
experience.
- Devices connected with HDMI have the ability to scan each other’s capabilities
and automatically configure certain settings. An HDTV and a DVD player,
for example, can auto-negotiate settings like resolution and aspect ratio to correctly
match the format of the incoming content to the highest capabilities of the TV.
- Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) provides for integrated, "one-touch"
commands across multiple linked components. When enabled by the manufacturer,
CEC allows system-wide behaviors like one-touch play or one-touch record,
where pressing a single button on your remote launches a series of coordinated commands.