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12 High Definition Multimedia Interface     [HDMI]


       
        From INTEL has 5 a GBps bandwidth

How do consumers benefit from HDMI?

The new HDMI digital interconnect provides:
        1. Uncompressed digital video and audio signals in one cable
        2. This single user-friendly cable replaces the cabling behind home entertainment centres
        3. Integrated remote control [Intelligent format & command data]
        4. A popular interface enabling the transmission of high-definition content.
        HDMI opens the floodgate of digital content from major motion picture producers
        10m -15m is maximum length.
       HDMI is compatibile with DVI [a computer / monitor format that fail to be adbopted]

Who supports HDMI?

The HDMI Founders include leading consumer electronics manufacturers Hitachi , Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), Philips, Sony, Thomson (RCA), Toshiba, and Silicon Image. Digital Content Protection, LLC (a subsidiary of Intel) is providing High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) for HDMI.

In addition, HDMI has the support of major motion picture producers Fox, Universal, Warner Bros. and Disney, and system operators DirecTV, EchoStar (Dish Network) as well as CableLabs.