{mosgoogle}Hardware Secrets shares the secrets of the new HDMI video connector. What the heck is that? It's a new kind of digital audio and video connector that promises to replace all connectors currently used by consumer electronics products. Here's a clip:

The greatest advantage brought by this standard is the use of digital connection for both audio and video, bringing the best quality possible. Nowadays digital audio connection is done thru a single cable, but it is very rate to see devices like DVD players using digital video connection (the most popular video connections are S-Video and Component Video, both analog). The digital video connector that exists today is called DVI. You can learn more about video connection types available today by reading our Video Connectors tutorial.

There are three basic differences between HDMI and DVI. First, HDMI supports higher resolutions than DVI, including resolutions not commercially released yet (in theory it supports double the highest resolution available today in HDTV sets); second, DVI only connects video, audio connection must be done separately, while HDMI connects both audio and video; third, HDMI connector is far smaller than DVI’s.

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