HDMI: Unrivaled Industry Standard

Introduction:

With its uncompromising quality in the audio and video fields, HDMI has become the new standard for home theater and professional technological needs.  This ever evolving digital interface rises to meet the challenges presented by today’s technology leaders and has become necessity for those wishing pure clarity of video and sound.  HDMI specs are used in thousands of products made available to the public and many devices that are used by industry professionals such as PC manufacturers and motion picture studios. 

Industry Leading Video & Audio:

Its advanced architecture and incomparable bandwidth capacity, up to 10.2 Gbps, allow HDMI to deliver pure-digital video and audio with unparalleled accuracy.  There’s no need for down-conversion or compression.  It has the ability to handle the most complex of data signals such as 1080p/60Hz signals with enough bandwidth to spare any future developments.

Simplifying Connectivity:

HDMI combines the best of video and multi-channel audio into one convenient cable, eliminating the need for a plethora of expensive and hard to find cables.  Since HDMI offers such simplicity, set-up is always a snap.  This cable also gets rid of the cable clutter that was constantly an issue.  No more tangled wires or confusion.

Supporting Extensive Media Formats:

HDMI currently supports all video formats and quite a large number of various audio formats as well including Dolby Digital, DTS, DTS-EX, DVD Audio, and SACD, as well as the latest high-bitrate, lossless formats, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.  Whatever the audio or video device, HDMI is always up to the challenge.

A Smarter Way to Do Digital:

HDMI exhibits bi-directional data flow that allows devices to “talk” to each other in new ways that makes even the most complex home theater systems child’s play to use.  Manufacturers are now able to provide an integrated, single-button remote control that can tell an HDMI-linked system whether or not to turn on or off certain components necessary for one device but not for another.  Whether you’re watching television, using your DVD player for a cinematic experience, or listening to music CD, HDMI will automatically adjust the settings necessary to fulfill your listening or viewing enjoyment.  This means that HDMI will also configure settings like resolution and aspect ratio to coincide with the manufacturer’s ideas of high quality.

Merging Multiple Platforms:

No longer is the merging of multiple platforms an idea of the future.  HDMI has made the impossible possible.  Today many leading PC manufacturers are integrating their Media PCs, laptops and video cards with the undeniable power of HDMI.  This means that PCs and gaming consoles can now be part of your home theater experience just by simply plugging in a single cord.

Prepared for Upcoming Challenges:

Exhibiting the highest levels of bandwidth and flexibility, HDMI will easily keep up with the ever-evolving industry of digital technology.  A higher standard that means higher resolutions, faster refresh rates, and advanced color-handling technologies will guarantee that future generations of components will continue to use this same convenient connection.  Since it is also backwards compatible with older versions of HDMI as well as DVI, this will allow users a certain amount of flexibility when upgrading their systems.  Though the future may be uncertain, one thing shall always be undeniable; HDMI will be there to connect the world.