Super Video or Separated Video and also known as Y/C

1980s

Video only

Analog

Y - Intensity (Luminance) and C - Colour (Chrominance)

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An S-Video signal is generally connected using a cable with 4-pin mini-DIN connectors using a 75 ohm characteristic impedance.
Non-standard 7-pin mini-DIN connectors are used on laptops and video cards. The 7-pin socket accepts the 4-pin plug (unlike the standard 7-pin socket) and the S-video signals are available on the matching pins. When a 7-pin plug is inserted, one of the extra pins carries a CVBS composite video signal for non S-video displays.
Some graphics cards require the remaining two pins to be shorted together to enable the CVBS mode. Many newer cards (especially those with inputs and outputs) will also require the 7+ pin connector and will not take the s-video cable directly. The 7-pin plug has a longer locating lug making it difficult (but not impossible) to insert it in a 4-pin socket. Damage to the plug and socket is inevitable if the plug is forced into the socket.

Although being present in professional market since early 80s, the S-Video cable standard was introduced in home consumer market with the release of S-VHS by JVC in 1987. JVC claimed that only with S-Video cables the new standard can play with its full potential, despite the cable not bundled in early S-VHS VCRs releases due to low penetration TVs with S-Video ports. The S-VHS format never obtained mainstream success although has been adopted in the Home Theater segment.
In the late 90s bigger TVs (> 25") started releasing the S-Video port as default bringing other devices supporting it such as Videocassette recorders, DVD players, Satellite receivers, Video game consoles and computer Video cards. The format gained some popularity in early 2000s. With the introduction of the Component video the S-Video began to be abandoned by the Home Video market but is still a default in modern video devices as a better alternative to Composite video in older TVs, and to output the video signal from a computer or notebook to a TV.
There is some controversy around what the S letter means. JVC named Super Video in accordance to Super VHS. Others manufacturers named Separated Video and some others referred to the format as S-VHS cable.

Composite, PHONO, RCA socket, CINCH, AV connector

1956

Video only

Analog

It is a composite of three source signals called Y, U and V (together referred to as YUV) with sync pulses. Y represents the brightness or luminance of the picture and includes synchronizing pulses, so that by itself it could be displayed as a monochrome picture. U and V between them carry the color information.

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In the most normal usage, cables have a standard plug on each end, consisting of a central male connector, surrounded by a ring. The ring is often segmented for flexibility. Devices mount the jack, consisting of a central hole with a ring of metal around it. The ring is slightly smaller in diameter and longer than the ring on the plug, allowing the plug's ring to fit tightly over it. The jack has a small area between the outer and inner rings which is filled with an insulator, typically plastic (very early versions, or those made for use as RF connectors used ceramic).

The word phono is an abbreviation of the word phonograph, because this connector was originally created to allow the connection of a phonograph turntable to a radio receiver, utilizing the radio as an amplifier. This setup was present in most radios manufactured in the 1930s onward by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), who later marketed a special turntable for 45 RPM records

VGA (Video Graphics Array), RGB connector, D-sub 15, mini sub D15 and mini D15

1987 by IBM

Video only

Analog

Carry analog component RGBHV (red - green - blue - horizontal sync - vertical sync) video signals along with DDC2 digital clock and data.

2048 x 1536 @ 85, (2560 x 1600 @ 60 in theory)

Three-row 15 pin DE-15. There are four versions: original and DDC2 pinouts, the far older and less flexible DE-9 connector, and a Mini-VGA used for laptops.

The term Video Graphics Array (VGA) refers specifically to the display hardware first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, but through its widespread adoption has also come to mean either an analog computer display standard, the 15-pin D-subminiature VGA connector, or the 640*480 resolution itself. While this resolution has been superseded in the personal computer market, it is becoming a popular resolution on mobile devices.
VGA was the last graphical standard introduced by IBM that the majority of PC clone manufacturers conformed to, making it today (as of 2008) the lowest common denominator that all PC graphics hardware supports before a device-specific driver is loaded into the computer.

Digital Visual Interface,

1999

Video only

DVI-A (Analog), DVI-D (Digital), DVI-I (Analog and Digital)

The DVI interface uses a digital protocol in which the desired illumination of pixels is transmitted as binary data. When the display is driven at its native resolution, it will read each number and apply that brightness to the appropriate pixel. In this way, each pixel in the output buffer of the source device corresponds directly to one pixel in the display device, whereas with an analog signal the appearance of each pixel may be affected by its adjacent pixels as well as by electrical noise and other forms of analog distortion.

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DVI-A (23pins [Single Link], 29pins [Dual Link]), DVI-D (19pins [Single Link], 25pins [Dual Link]), DVI-I (17pins)

The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. It was developed by an industry consortium, the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). It is designed for carrying uncompressed digital video data to a display. It is partially compatible with the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode (DVI-D).

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

2003

Video and Audio

Digital

HDMI carries video, audio, and auxiliary data via one of three modes called the Video Data Period, the Data Island Period, and the Control Period. During the Video Data Period, the pixels of an active video line are transmitted. During the Data Island period (which occurs during the horizontal and vertical blanking intervals), audio and auxiliary data are transmitted within a series of packets. The Control Period occurs between Video and Data Island periods.

2560 x 1600 @ 75

There are currently three HDMI connector types with Type A and Type B defined since the HDMI 1.0 specification and Type C defined since the HDMI 1.3 specification.
The Type A connector has 19 pins with bandwidth to support all current SDTV, EDTV, and HDTV modes. The plug's outside dimensions are 13.9 mm wide by 4.45 mm high. Type A is electrically compatible with single link DVI-D.
The Type B connector has 29 pins (21.2 mm by 4.45 mm) and can carry double the video bandwidth of Type A for use with very high-resolution future displays such as WQUXGA (3840x2400). Type B is electrically compatible with dual link DVI-D and is not currently used in any CE products.
The Type C mini-connector is intended for portable devices. It is smaller than the Type A connector (10.42 mm by 2.42 mm) but has the same 19 pin configuration. It can be connected to a Type A connector using a Type A-to-Type C connector cable.

HDMI 1.0 development began on April 16, 2002, with the goal of creating an AV connector backward compatible with DVI. At that time DVI-HDCP (DVI with HDCP) and DVI-HDTV (DVI-HDCP using the CEA-861-B video standard) were being used on HDTVs. HDMI 1.0 was designed to improve on DVI-HDTV by using a smaller connector and adding support for audio, enhanced support for YCbCr, and CE control functions.
According to In-Stat the number of HDMI devices sold was 5 million in 2004, 17.4 million in 2005, 63 million in 2006, and 143 million in 2007. HDMI is becoming the de facto standard for HDTVs and according to In-Stat around 90% of digital televisions in 2007 included HDMI. In-Stat has estimated that 229 million HDMI devices will sell in 2008.

A TRS connector, also called an audio jack, jack plug, stereo plug, mini-jack, mini-stereo or 1/8" jack

1878

Audio only

Analog

The modern profile three-conductor jack plug was originally designed for stereo signal connections, with left channel on the tip, right on the ring and common return on the body or sleeve.

The original 1/4" (6.35 mm) version dates from 1878, for use in manual telephone exchanges-making it possibly the oldest electrical connector standard still in use. The 3.5 mm or miniature and 2.5 mm or subminiature sizes were originally designed as two-conductor connectors for earpieces on transistor radios. The 3.5 mm and 2.5 mm sizes are also referred to as 1/8" and 3/32" respectively in the United States, though those dimensions are only approximations.

It was invented for use in telephone switchboards in the 19th century and is still widely used, both in its original quarter-inch (6.3 mm) size and in miniaturized versions. The connector's name is an initialism derived from the names of three conducting parts of the plug: Tip, Ring, and Sleeve - hence, TRS.

PHONO, RCA socket, CINCH, AV connector

1956

Audio only

Analog

In the most normal usage, cables have a standard plug on each end, consisting of a central male connector, surrounded by a ring. The ring is often segmented for flexibility. Devices mount the jack, consisting of a central hole with a ring of metal around it. The ring is slightly smaller in diameter and longer than the ring on the plug, allowing the plug's ring to fit tightly over it. The jack has a small area between the outer and inner rings which is filled with an insulator, typically plastic (very early versions, or those made for use as RF connectors used ceramic)

The word phono is an abbreviation of the word phonograph, because this connector was originally created to allow the connection of a phonograph turntable to a radio receiver, utilizing the radio as an amplifier. This setup was present in most radios manufactured in the 1930s onward by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), who later marketed a special turntable for 45 RPM records

TosLink (TOShiba-LINK), Optical Cable, "digital optical" socket, EIAJ optical.

1983 by TOSHIBA

Audio only

Digital

Digital audio bitstream. Originally limited to 48 kHz at 20 bits. Extended to support all modern formats, except Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD and DTS HD audio streams.
Bandwidth: Originally 3.1 Mbit/s; Now 125 Mbit/s

TOSLINK may use inexpensive 1 mm plastic optical fiber or it can use higher quality multi-strand plastic optical fibers or even quartz glass optical fibers depending on the desired bandwidth and application.

Toshiba created TOSLINK to connect their CD players to their receivers for PCM audio streams and it was soon adopted by manufacturers of most CD players. Early TOSLINK systems used raw data from the CD player; the S/PDIF standard has now become fairly universal for audio streams. It can often be found on DVD players and some game consoles to connect the digital audio stream to Dolby Digital/DTS decoders.

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

2003

Video and Audio

Digital

HDMI carries video, audio, and auxiliary data via one of three modes called the Video Data Period, the Data Island Period, and the Control Period. During the Video Data Period, the pixels of an active video line are transmitted. During the Data Island period (which occurs during the horizontal and vertical blanking intervals), audio and auxiliary data are transmitted within a series of packets. The Control Period occurs between Video and Data Island periods.

2560 x 1600 @ 75

There are currently three HDMI connector types with Type A and Type B defined since the HDMI 1.0 specification and Type C defined since the HDMI 1.3 specification.
The Type A connector has 19 pins with bandwidth to support all current SDTV, EDTV, and HDTV modes. The plug's outside dimensions are 13.9 mm wide by 4.45 mm high. Type A is electrically compatible with single link DVI-D.
The Type B connector has 29 pins (21.2 mm by 4.45 mm) and can carry double the video bandwidth of Type A for use with very high-resolution future displays such as WQUXGA (3840x2400). Type B is electrically compatible with dual link DVI-D and is not currently used in any CE products.
The Type C mini-connector is intended for portable devices. It is smaller than the Type A connector (10.42 mm by 2.42 mm) but has the same 19 pin configuration. It can be connected to a Type A connector using a Type A-to-Type C connector cable.

HDMI 1.0 development began on April 16, 2002, with the goal of creating an AV connector backward compatible with DVI. At that time DVI-HDCP (DVI with HDCP) and DVI-HDTV (DVI-HDCP using the CEA-861-B video standard) were being used on HDTVs. HDMI 1.0 was designed to improve on DVI-HDTV by using a smaller connector and adding support for audio, enhanced support for YCbCr, and CE control functions.
According to In-Stat the number of HDMI devices sold was 5 million in 2004, 17.4 million in 2005, 63 million in 2006, and 143 million in 2007. HDMI is becoming the de facto standard for HDTVs and according to In-Stat around 90% of digital televisions in 2007 included HDMI. In-Stat has estimated that 229 million HDMI devices will sell in 2008.

Super Video or Separated Video and also known as Y/C

1980s

Video only

Analog

Y - Intensity (Luminance) and C - Colour (Chrominance)

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An S-Video signal is generally connected using a cable with 4-pin mini-DIN connectors using a 75 ohm characteristic impedance.
Non-standard 7-pin mini-DIN connectors are used on laptops and video cards. The 7-pin socket accepts the 4-pin plug (unlike the standard 7-pin socket) and the S-video signals are available on the matching pins. When a 7-pin plug is inserted, one of the extra pins carries a CVBS composite video signal for non S-video displays.
Some graphics cards require the remaining two pins to be shorted together to enable the CVBS mode. Many newer cards (especially those with inputs and outputs) will also require the 7+ pin connector and will not take the s-video cable directly. The 7-pin plug has a longer locating lug making it difficult (but not impossible) to insert it in a 4-pin socket. Damage to the plug and socket is inevitable if the plug is forced into the socket.

Although being present in professional market since early 80s, the S-Video cable standard was introduced in home consumer market with the release of S-VHS by JVC in 1987. JVC claimed that only with S-Video cables the new standard can play with its full potential, despite the cable not bundled in early S-VHS VCRs releases due to low penetration TVs with S-Video ports. The S-VHS format never obtained mainstream success although has been adopted in the Home Theater segment.
In the late 90s bigger TVs (> 25") started releasing the S-Video port as default bringing other devices supporting it such as Videocassette recorders, DVD players, Satellite receivers, Video game consoles and computer Video cards. The format gained some popularity in early 2000s. With the introduction of the Component video the S-Video began to be abandoned by the Home Video market but is still a default in modern video devices as a better alternative to Composite video in older TVs, and to output the video signal from a computer or notebook to a TV.
There is some controversy around what the S letter means. JVC named Super Video in accordance to Super VHS. Others manufacturers named Separated Video and some others referred to the format as S-VHS cable.

Composite, PHONO, RCA socket, CINCH, AV connector

1956

Video only

Analog

It is a composite of three source signals called Y, U and V (together referred to as YUV) with sync pulses. Y represents the brightness or luminance of the picture and includes synchronizing pulses, so that by itself it could be displayed as a monochrome picture. U and V between them carry the color information.

728 x 576 @ 25 PAL

In the most normal usage, cables have a standard plug on each end, consisting of a central male connector, surrounded by a ring. The ring is often segmented for flexibility. Devices mount the jack, consisting of a central hole with a ring of metal around it. The ring is slightly smaller in diameter and longer than the ring on the plug, allowing the plug's ring to fit tightly over it. The jack has a small area between the outer and inner rings which is filled with an insulator, typically plastic (very early versions, or those made for use as RF connectors used ceramic).

The word phono is an abbreviation of the word phonograph, because this connector was originally created to allow the connection of a phonograph turntable to a radio receiver, utilizing the radio as an amplifier. This setup was present in most radios manufactured in the 1930s onward by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), who later marketed a special turntable for 45 RPM records

Component, RGB, YCbCr, YPbPr

1990s

Video only

YPbPr (Analog), YCbCr (HD TV)

The various RGB (red, green, blue) analog component video standards (e.g., RGBS, RGBHV, RG&SB) use no compression and impose no real limit on color depth or resolution, but require large bandwidth to carry the signal and contain much redundant data since each channel typically includes the same black and white image.
RGB requires an additional signal for synchronizing the video display. Several methods are used:
 - composite sync, where the horizontal and vertical signals are mixed together on a separate wire (the S in RGBS)
 - separate sync, where the horizontal and vertical are each on their own wire (the H and V in RGBHV)
 - sync on green, where a composite sync signal is overlaid on the green wire (SoG or RGsB).
Further types of component analogue video signals do not use R,G,B components but rather a colorless component, termed luma, combined with one or more color-carrying components, termed chroma, that give only color information. This overcomes the problem of data redundancy that plagues RGB signals, since there is only one monochromatic image carried, instead of three.

1920x1080 @ 60

Typically colored green (Y), blue (Pb) and red (Pr)

VGA (Video Graphics Array), RGB connector, D-sub 15, mini sub D15 and mini D15

1987 by IBM

Video only

Analog

Carry analog component RGBHV (red - green - blue - horizontal sync - vertical sync) video signals along with DDC2 digital clock and data.

2048 x 1536 @ 85, (2560 x 1600 @ 60 in theory)

Three-row 15 pin DE-15. There are four versions: original and DDC2 pinouts, the far older and less flexible DE-9 connector, and a Mini-VGA used for laptops.

The term Video Graphics Array (VGA) refers specifically to the display hardware first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, but through its widespread adoption has also come to mean either an analog computer display standard, the 15-pin D-subminiature VGA connector, or the 640*480 resolution itself. While this resolution has been superseded in the personal computer market, it is becoming a popular resolution on mobile devices.
VGA was the last graphical standard introduced by IBM that the majority of PC clone manufacturers conformed to, making it today (as of 2008) the lowest common denominator that all PC graphics hardware supports before a device-specific driver is loaded into the computer.

Digital Visual Interface,

1999

Video only

DVI-A (Analog), DVI-D (Digital), DVI-I (Analog and Digital)

The DVI interface uses a digital protocol in which the desired illumination of pixels is transmitted as binary data. When the display is driven at its native resolution, it will read each number and apply that brightness to the appropriate pixel. In this way, each pixel in the output buffer of the source device corresponds directly to one pixel in the display device, whereas with an analog signal the appearance of each pixel may be affected by its adjacent pixels as well as by electrical noise and other forms of analog distortion.

2560 x 1600 @ 60

DVI-A (23pins [Single Link], 29pins [Dual Link]), DVI-D (19pins [Single Link], 25pins [Dual Link]), DVI-I (17pins)

The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. It was developed by an industry consortium, the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). It is designed for carrying uncompressed digital video data to a display. It is partially compatible with the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard in digital mode (DVI-D).

SCART (from Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorecepteurs et Televiseurs), 21-pin EuroSCART, Euroconnector

1977 by CENELEC

Audio and Video

Analog

The signals carried by SCART include both composite and RGB (with composite synchronisation) video, stereo audio input/output and digital signalling. The standard was extended at the end of the 1980s to support the new S-Video signals. In addition, a TV can be awakened from standby mode or switched to video mode through a SCART connector.
SCART cannot carry both S-Video and RGB signals at the same time.

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21 pin connector

The SCART connector first appeared on television sets in 1977. It became compulsory on all new television sets sold in France starting from January 1980.
Before SCART came, consumer TV sets did not offer a standardized way of inputting signals other than RF antenna ones, and even antenna connectors differed between countries. Assuming other connectors even existed, devices made by different companies could have different and incompatible standards. For example, a domestic VCR could output a composite video signal through a German-originated DIN-style connector, an American-originated RCA connector, an SO259 connector, or a BNC connector.

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

2003

Video and Audio

Digital

HDMI carries video, audio, and auxiliary data via one of three modes called the Video Data Period, the Data Island Period, and the Control Period. During the Video Data Period, the pixels of an active video line are transmitted. During the Data Island period (which occurs during the horizontal and vertical blanking intervals), audio and auxiliary data are transmitted within a series of packets. The Control Period occurs between Video and Data Island periods.

2560 x 1600 @ 75

There are currently three HDMI connector types with Type A and Type B defined since the HDMI 1.0 specification and Type C defined since the HDMI 1.3 specification.
The Type A connector has 19 pins with bandwidth to support all current SDTV, EDTV, and HDTV modes. The plug's outside dimensions are 13.9 mm wide by 4.45 mm high. Type A is electrically compatible with single link DVI-D.
The Type B connector has 29 pins (21.2 mm by 4.45 mm) and can carry double the video bandwidth of Type A for use with very high-resolution future displays such as WQUXGA (3840x2400). Type B is electrically compatible with dual link DVI-D and is not currently used in any CE products.
The Type C mini-connector is intended for portable devices. It is smaller than the Type A connector (10.42 mm by 2.42 mm) but has the same 19 pin configuration. It can be connected to a Type A connector using a Type A-to-Type C connector cable.

HDMI 1.0 development began on April 16, 2002, with the goal of creating an AV connector backward compatible with DVI. At that time DVI-HDCP (DVI with HDCP) and DVI-HDTV (DVI-HDCP using the CEA-861-B video standard) were being used on HDTVs. HDMI 1.0 was designed to improve on DVI-HDTV by using a smaller connector and adding support for audio, enhanced support for YCbCr, and CE control functions.
According to In-Stat the number of HDMI devices sold was 5 million in 2004, 17.4 million in 2005, 63 million in 2006, and 143 million in 2007. HDMI is becoming the de facto standard for HDTVs and according to In-Stat around 90% of digital televisions in 2007 included HDMI. In-Stat has estimated that 229 million HDMI devices will sell in 2008.

A TRS connector, also called an audio jack, jack plug, stereo plug, mini-jack, mini-stereo or 1/8" jack

1878

Audio only

Analog

The modern profile three-conductor jack plug was originally designed for stereo signal connections, with left channel on the tip, right on the ring and common return on the body or sleeve.

The original 1/4" (6.35 mm) version dates from 1878, for use in manual telephone exchanges-making it possibly the oldest electrical connector standard still in use. The 3.5 mm or miniature and 2.5 mm or subminiature sizes were originally designed as two-conductor connectors for earpieces on transistor radios. The 3.5 mm and 2.5 mm sizes are also referred to as 1/8" and 3/32" respectively in the United States, though those dimensions are only approximations.

It was invented for use in telephone switchboards in the 19th century and is still widely used, both in its original quarter-inch (6.3 mm) size and in miniaturized versions. The connector's name is an initialism derived from the names of three conducting parts of the plug: Tip, Ring, and Sleeve - hence, TRS.

PHONO, RCA socket, CINCH, AV connector

1956

Audio only

Analog

In the most normal usage, cables have a standard plug on each end, consisting of a central male connector, surrounded by a ring. The ring is often segmented for flexibility. Devices mount the jack, consisting of a central hole with a ring of metal around it. The ring is slightly smaller in diameter and longer than the ring on the plug, allowing the plug's ring to fit tightly over it. The jack has a small area between the outer and inner rings which is filled with an insulator, typically plastic (very early versions, or those made for use as RF connectors used ceramic)

The word phono is an abbreviation of the word phonograph, because this connector was originally created to allow the connection of a phonograph turntable to a radio receiver, utilizing the radio as an amplifier. This setup was present in most radios manufactured in the 1930s onward by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), who later marketed a special turntable for 45 RPM records

TosLink (TOShiba-LINK), Optical Cable, "digital optical" socket, EIAJ optical.

1983 by TOSHIBA

Audio only

Digital

Digital audio bitstream. Originally limited to 48 kHz at 20 bits. Extended to support all modern formats, except Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD and DTS HD audio streams.
Bandwidth: Originally 3.1 Mbit/s; Now 125 Mbit/s

TOSLINK may use inexpensive 1 mm plastic optical fiber or it can use higher quality multi-strand plastic optical fibers or even quartz glass optical fibers depending on the desired bandwidth and application.

Toshiba created TOSLINK to connect their CD players to their receivers for PCM audio streams and it was soon adopted by manufacturers of most CD players. Early TOSLINK systems used raw data from the CD player; the S/PDIF standard has now become fairly universal for audio streams. It can often be found on DVD players and some game consoles to connect the digital audio stream to Dolby Digital/DTS decoders.

SCART (from Syndicat des Constructeurs d'Appareils Radiorecepteurs et Televiseurs), 21-pin EuroSCART, Euroconnector

1977 by CENELEC

Audio and Video

Analog

The signals carried by SCART include both composite and RGB (with composite synchronisation) video, stereo audio input/output and digital signalling. The standard was extended at the end of the 1980s to support the new S-Video signals. In addition, a TV can be awakened from standby mode or switched to video mode through a SCART connector.
SCART cannot carry both S-Video and RGB signals at the same time.

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21 pin connector

The SCART connector first appeared on television sets in 1977. It became compulsory on all new television sets sold in France starting from January 1980.
Before SCART came, consumer TV sets did not offer a standardized way of inputting signals other than RF antenna ones, and even antenna connectors differed between countries. Assuming other connectors even existed, devices made by different companies could have different and incompatible standards. For example, a domestic VCR could output a composite video signal through a German-originated DIN-style connector, an American-originated RCA connector, an SO259 connector, or a BNC connector.

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

2003

Video and Audio

Digital

HDMI carries video, audio, and auxiliary data via one of three modes called the Video Data Period, the Data Island Period, and the Control Period. During the Video Data Period, the pixels of an active video line are transmitted. During the Data Island period (which occurs during the horizontal and vertical blanking intervals), audio and auxiliary data are transmitted within a series of packets. The Control Period occurs between Video and Data Island periods.

2560 x 1600 @ 75

There are currently three HDMI connector types with Type A and Type B defined since the HDMI 1.0 specification and Type C defined since the HDMI 1.3 specification.
The Type A connector has 19 pins with bandwidth to support all current SDTV, EDTV, and HDTV modes. The plug's outside dimensions are 13.9 mm wide by 4.45 mm high. Type A is electrically compatible with single link DVI-D.
The Type B connector has 29 pins (21.2 mm by 4.45 mm) and can carry double the video bandwidth of Type A for use with very high-resolution future displays such as WQUXGA (3840x2400). Type B is electrically compatible with dual link DVI-D and is not currently used in any CE products.
The Type C mini-connector is intended for portable devices. It is smaller than the Type A connector (10.42 mm by 2.42 mm) but has the same 19 pin configuration. It can be connected to a Type A connector using a Type A-to-Type C connector cable.

HDMI 1.0 development began on April 16, 2002, with the goal of creating an AV connector backward compatible with DVI. At that time DVI-HDCP (DVI with HDCP) and DVI-HDTV (DVI-HDCP using the CEA-861-B video standard) were being used on HDTVs. HDMI 1.0 was designed to improve on DVI-HDTV by using a smaller connector and adding support for audio, enhanced support for YCbCr, and CE control functions.
According to In-Stat the number of HDMI devices sold was 5 million in 2004, 17.4 million in 2005, 63 million in 2006, and 143 million in 2007. HDMI is becoming the de facto standard for HDTVs and according to In-Stat around 90% of digital televisions in 2007 included HDMI. In-Stat has estimated that 229 million HDMI devices will sell in 2008.