Monitor HDMI Cable

The acronym HDMI stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface. HDMI is a standard for simultaneously transmitting audio and video from a source to a display device. The standard was developed in 2002 by an amalgam of electronic product manufacturers. The HDMI cable was developed in response to the limitations of the cables used in the 1990s and early 2000s. Before the development of the HDMI standard, high-definition televisions could only use either component video or DVI for connecting to other devices. The challenge with these cables is that they could only transmit video, meaning that you needed another cable if you also wanted audio. The HDMI cable streamlines things by carrying both the video and audio signals in a single cable. Apart from transmitting video and audio, the HDMI cable also carries the device commands. Some of the most common devices that use HDMI cables include televisions, PC monitors, laptops, camcorders, home theatre systems, smartphones, and video projectors. However, many other devices that we may not interact with daily, such as satellite or cable boxes, also use HDMI cables.