DVI - HDMI what is the difference?
So HDMI is starting to be seen everywhere. The funny thing is that 99% of the stuff out there with HDMI does not have version 1.3 and most likely will not be upgradeable to 1.3. The biggest thing in 1.3 I think would be important to people is the lip syncing whereby the audio and video are synced up so it doesn’t look like a Japanese film with English voice over.
So is HDMI better? Maybe, maybe not. Why? As a display medium DVI can do most anything that HDMI can do. The one big advantage HDMI has is that it can carry audio also which can be important if you are connecting from a source to a receiver to preprocessor.
The problems I’ve seen with HDMI have had to do with the plug. I’ve bent my share of HDMI plugs, but have had no problems with the DVI plug.
What I haven’t heard is since HDMI and DVI cables can be interchanged is: will DVI support HDMI 1.3? I think it should as long as the electronics can decode the signal.
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December 11th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
I disagree. HDMI has three advantages as a display transport over DVI:
- Higher color bit depth which provides smoother gradations with less banding.
- YCC color space support (just like component cables). This is better for transmitting decompressed video like that from a DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD.
- Display interrogation. Better automatic calibration and synchronization.
December 12th, 2006 at 10:05 am
And the audio is no small thing. I’d like to be able to connect my devices with one cable per device.
December 12th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
I guess I didn’t get my point across. As a display medium it could be a cheaper way for projectors and displays to cheaply get a picture without the overhead cost of HDMI. DVI is a little more mature and has backing in the PC arena so the prices are much more desirable than HDMI.
Guess that’s what I was trying to say.
December 14th, 2006 at 11:43 am
Having the audio come in on the same cable can be handy in some situations, but most people who care about audio quality are running the audio from their source into a separate audio receiver or processor, not into their TV.