Choose HDMI Over Component Video For Your HDTV and Blu-Ray Player
High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is state-of-the-art connection technology, allowing uncompressed sound and video signals to transfer from your source equipment directly to your high definition television (HDTV). Instead of a bunch of tangled-up connections like you have with DVI or with component video (those red/green/blue jacks), HDMI completes your audio and your video transfers using just one small jack.
So how does this all affect you, as the buyer of all of this complicated technology? What this means is that you will only need to purchase one cable, not several as you did in the past, to connect your HDMI source equipment (like a Blu-ray disk player, Xbox 360, Wii, HD cable or satellite box, new A/V surround receiver, etc.) to your HD television.
It could not be any easier. Your video resolution will be an astounding 1080p, and you will also experience uncompressed discrete surround audio that is unbeatable. But some people will state, "The component video cable device I have now appears to work alright with my new HDTV." And, the fact is that, most of the time, this is the truth. However you won't be able to use your component video cable for joining together a Blu-ray player with a new HDTV and get all that the new HD medium will give you. On a television that is larger than fifty inches, switching over to Blu-ray and going up to 1080p is just like getting your windows washed. Yes, you can see through them adequately now, but when they are really clean you can see a huge difference.
Another reason to use HDMI connections is their compatibility with the new A/V digital surround receivers. It is possible to get Dolby TrueHD as well as DTS-HD Master Audio tracks through HDMI. Your Toslink optical and coaxial digital cables could never accomplish this, and you will be amazed by how much better it is than your regular DVD surround soundtrack. Everything pans throughout your 5.1 or 7.1 theater, immersing you in the audio-visual experience in a fully controlled manner. You can see how different it is from the moment that you begin.
Now you can understand how HDMI can make your connections so much easier, letting you get rid of the tangled web of wires behind your entertainment center and giving you a video and audio quality that is absolutely fantastic when you use your new 1080p television, projector, or Blu-ray disc player.
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