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HDMI Interconnects (Type-A & Type-B)

HDMI Cable Connectors There are basically two types of  HDMI cable interconnects: a compact Type-A 19 pin connector, and a slightly bigger  29-pin Type-B HDMI connector. This second connector allows for the use of dual-link HDMI configuration, which doubles the maximum transfer rate that can be used, up to a maximum pixel clock rate of 330Mhz. Important ...

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2009/06/28 Home No comments

The Mechanics of the HDMI Cable

How does HDMI transport digital video and audio over the same HDMI Cable? We will not go into the actual architecture of how this is done, yet there are a few basics worth knowing about how HDMI transport data and in particular, how this transport mechanism relates to the maximum data throughput or bandwidth, that can ...

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2009/06/28 Home No comments

Buying HDMI Cables….what to consider?

PARADIGM, Monster, Belkin  and SimplayHD are some of the more common brands of HDMI cables. Cables can be purchased from a variety of different sources such as major brick and mortar retailers (Bestbuy) or through online retailer such as Amazon.com. When it comes to buying HDMI cables you basically are paying for brand, materials in the ...

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2009/06/28 Home No comments

HDMI vs DVI

What is the difference between HDMI and DVI ? Both are closely related to each other in that HDMI and DVI both use the same digital encoding scheme used by DVI-D in the transport of digital video signal. This further supports how normal DVI devices can be connected to HDMI devices by simply using an DVI to ...

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2009/06/27 Home No comments

Welcome Post!

Welcome everyone! This Blog is dedicated to reviewing the basic and not so basic requirements in selecting the appropriate hdmi cables for whatever the intended use may be. There are many factors to be reviewed when trying to select the correct hdmi cables and our goal is to help you filter through this information and select the ...

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2009/05/25 Home No comments