Malingaliro ofala a HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)

    HDMI ndi njira yatsopano yosinthira makanema a analog yomwe ilipo kale.

HDMI imatsatira muyezo wa EIA/CEA-861, womwe umatanthauzira mtundu wa kanema ndi mawonekedwe ake, njira yotumizira mawu opanikizika ndi osapanikizika (kuphatikiza mawu a LPCM), kukonza deta yothandizira, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito VESA EDID. Ndikofunikira kudziwa kuti chizindikiro cha CEA-861 chomwe chimanyamulidwa ndi HDMI chimagwirizana bwino ndi chizindikiro cha CEA-861 chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi mawonekedwe a digito (DVI), zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mukamagwiritsa ntchito Adaputala ya Dvi To Hdmi, palibe chifukwa chosinthira chizindikiro komanso kutayika kwa khalidwe la kanema.

Kuphatikiza apo, HDMI ilinso ndi ntchito ya CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), yomwe imalola zida za HDMI kulamulirana pakafunika kutero, kuti ogwiritsa ntchito athe kugwiritsa ntchito mosavuta zida zingapo ndi remote control imodzi. Kuyambira pomwe ukadaulo wa HDMI udatulutsidwa koyamba, mitundu yambiri yatulutsidwa, koma mitundu yonse imagwiritsa ntchito zingwe ndi zolumikizira zomwezo. Mtundu watsopano wa HDMI umaperekanso zinthu zapamwamba kwambiri, monga chithandizo cha 3D, kulumikizana kwa data ya Ethernet, komanso magwiridwe antchito abwino a mawu ndi kanema, mphamvu ndi kutsimikiza.

Kupanga zinthu za HDMI kwa ogula kunayamba kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2003. Ku Ulaya, malinga ndi zomwe zidalembedwa ndi HD Ready zomwe zidapangidwa pamodzi ndi EICTA ndi SES Astra mu 2005, ma TV a HDTV ayenera kuthandizira ma DVI-HDCP kapena ma HDMI interfaces. Kuyambira mu 2006, HDMI yakhala ikuwonekera pang'onopang'ono m'makamera a TV apamwamba komanso makamera a digito osasinthasintha. Kuyambira pa Januware 8, 2013 (chaka cha khumi kuchokera pamene HDMI idatulutsidwa), zida za HDMI zoposa 3 biliyoni zagulitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi.