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.