Picture connections part 3 – HDMI

HDMI, High-Definition Multimedia Interface, is a fully digital connection designed to respond to a wide range of functions and situations. The specification holds incredibly much more than just the connector itself and the image signal. Here you will find everything from multi-channel audio and specialized formats to more connectivity such as remote control and metadata transmission.

The goal is AV installations. Perhaps mainly at the home of an ordinary consumer where the “installation” is mainly about the cable winding over the carpet or the like. HDMI can handle far larger and more significantly more complex solutions than that. From the first-level cascade connection via a home cinema receiver to systems that provide entire buildings with centrally connected sound and image via matrix connections.

Yes, you’re right. Displayport is almost without exception it more appropriate the solution to connect your computer to your monitor. Especially when it’s just about that. Computer and monitor. But Displayport is not always there. And where Displayport is missing, there is very often an HDMI connection. HDMI is the defacto standard with five billion units in circulation out there.