Iikhonsepthi eziqhelekileyo ze-HDMI (i-High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

   I-HDMI luphuculo olubanzi lwedijithali lomgangatho okhoyo wevidiyo ye-analog.

I-HDMI ilandela umgangatho we-EIA/CEA-861, ochaza ifomathi yevidiyo kunye nefom ye-wave wave, indlela yokuhambisa i-audio ecinezelweyo kunye ne-uncompressed audio (kubandakanywa ne-LPCM yomsindo), ukuqhutyelwa kwedatha encedisayo, kunye nokuphunyezwa kwe-VESA EDID. Kuyafaneleka ukuba uqaphele ukuba uphawu lwe-CEA-861 oluthwalwa yi-HDMI luhambelana ngokupheleleyo nombane we-CEA-861 osetyenziswa yi-digital vision interface (DVI), oku kuthetha ukuba xa usebenzisa i-DVI kwi-adapter ye-HDMI, akukho mfuneko yomqondiso. ukuguqulwa kwaye akukho lahleko yomgangatho wevidiyo.

Ukongezelela, i-HDMI nayo inomsebenzi we-CEC (uLawulo lwe-Electronics Consumer), evumela ukuba izixhobo ze-HDMI zilawule omnye nomnye xa kuyimfuneko, ukwenzela ukuba abasebenzisi basebenzise ngokulula izixhobo ezininzi kunye nolawulo olulodwa olukude. Ukususela ekukhutshweni kokuqala kweteknoloji ye-HDMI, iinguqulelo ezininzi ziye zaqaliswa, kodwa zonke iinguqulelo zisebenzisa iintambo ezifanayo kunye nezixhumi. Inguqulo entsha ye-HDMI inika kwakhona iimpawu eziphambili, ezifana nenkxaso ye-3D, uxhumano lwedatha ye-Ethernet, kunye nokusebenza okuphuculweyo komsindo kunye nevidiyo, umthamo kunye nesisombululo.

Ukuveliswa kweemveliso ze-HDMI zabathengi kwaqala ekupheleni kwe-2003. EYurophu, ngokwe-HD Ready ilebula ye-label specification ngokubambisana ne-EICTA kunye ne-SES Astra kwi-2005, ii-TV ze-HDTV kufuneka zixhase i-DVI-HDCP okanye i-HDMI interfaces. Ukususela kwi-2006, i-HDMI iye yabonakala ngokuthe ngcembe kwiikhamera ze-TV ezicacileyo eziphezulu kunye neekhamera ze-digital static. Ukususela ngo-8 kaJanuwari 2013 (unyaka weshumi emva kokukhululwa kwenkcazo yokuqala ye-HDMI), ngaphezu kwe-3 yezigidigidi ze-HDMI izixhobo ziye zathengiswa emhlabeni jikelele.