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I wouldn't say you are ignorant (of HDMI), just not, maybe made aware
of its benefits. Collectively, we are exposed to new technologies -
some of us embrace it, others, for their own purposes, let it pass by.

HDMI offers totally UNCOMPRESSED video and audio. If you subscribe to
cable or satellite TV, ALL of these signals are compressed. You may
like what you see and hear; however, if a purest, sortof, you might
like, better, pictures and sound from an uncompressed source. This,
uncompressed video and audio, is only possible in the digital domain
(infinite, at least WIDE bandwidth available in the analog domain
notwithstanding). The weakest links in a chain can be numerous. If
one link can be made totally free of artifacts - noise for example -
and ones drive is to produce the best picture (and sound) humanly
possible, that link is developed to the nth degree. HDMI is one of
those links. HDMI has a variety of versions, each 'better' than the
previous. If you accept the fact that HDMI is a good thing, your
"why...need HDMI cable?" is the simple means to make, fashion HDMI
connectivity.

Another link is the current crop of 1080P displays, a format that goes
back to SONY and NHK work 20+/- years ago. Assuredly, picture
resolution will not stop here. HDMI Ver 1.3 offers extremely DEEP,
shall we call it, color resolution. How wide can our eyes and brain
distinguish? I do not know.

So, if you purchase a display with HDMI inputs, and an HDTV source
with HDMI outputs, use them. For one thing, the cable bundle is
smaller and neater than dressing the 3 coax lines needed for
component video!

Maybe a long answer to a short and sweet question, your call.

Wayne


On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:24:46 -0400, wrote:

I am completely ignorant of HDMI. Why would anyone need HDMI cables?

alkem

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