Imiqondo evamile ye-HDMI (I-High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

   I-HDMI iwukuthuthukiswa kwedijithali okuphelele kwezinga elikhona levidiyo ye-analog.

I-HDMI ilandela indinganiso ye-EIA/CEA-861, echaza ifomethi yevidiyo ne-waveform, imodi yokudlulisela yomsindo ocindezelweyo nongacindezelwe (okuhlanganisa nomsindo we-LPCM), ukucutshungulwa kwedatha eyisizayo, kanye nokuqaliswa kwe-VESA EDID. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi isignali ye-CEA-861 ethwelwe i-HDMI ihambisana ngokugcwele nesignali ye-CEA-861 esetshenziswa i-digital vision interface (DVI), okusho ukuthi uma usebenzisa i-DVI ku-adaptha ye-HDMI, asikho isidingo sesiginali. ukuguqulwa futhi akukho ukulahleka kwekhwalithi yevidiyo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-HDMI iphinde ibe nomsebenzi we-CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), ovumela amadivayisi we-HDMI ukuthi alawule omunye nomunye uma kunesidingo, ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukusebenzisa kalula amadivaysi amaningi ngesilawuli kude esisodwa. Kusukela ekukhululweni kokuqala kobuchwepheshe be-HDMI, izinguqulo eziningi ziye zaqaliswa, kodwa zonke izinguqulo zisebenzisa izintambo ezifanayo nezixhumi. Inguqulo entsha ye-HDMI iphinde inikeze izici ezithuthuke kakhulu, njengosekelo lwe-3D, uxhumano lwedatha ye-Ethernet, nokusebenza okuthuthukisiwe komsindo nevidiyo, umthamo nokulungiswa.

Ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo ye-HDMI yabathengi kwaqala ekupheleni kuka-2003. E-Europe, ngokusho kwe-HD Ready ukucaciswa kwelebula ehlanganiswe ngokuhlanganyela yi-EICTA ne-SES Astra ngo-2005, ama-TV we-HDTV kufanele asekele i-DVI-HDCP noma i-HDMI interfaces. Kusukela ngo-2006, i-HDMI ivele kancane kancane kumakhamera we-TV anencazelo ephezulu kanye namakhamera we-digital static. Kusukela ngo-January 8, 2013 (unyaka weshumi ngemva kokukhululwa kokucaciswa kwe-HDMI yokuqala), amadivaysi e-HDMI angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3 athengisiwe emhlabeni jikelele.