What is the difference between an HDMI cable and a DVI cable?
An HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) cable carries both digital video and digital audio. It lets you connect any digital audio and video source, such as a DVD player or set-top box, to any digital audio and video display device such as a digital television (DTV), with a single connecting cable. A DVI (Digital Visual Interface) cable carries digital video only. Consequently, to get both video and audio using a DVI cable, you would have to connect your digital source and digital display device with three cables: the DVI cable, and cables for the left and right audio channels. A simple adaptor lets you connect a DVI source to a HDMI display device. Although, at this point, relatively few digital source devices have HDMI out jacks, HDMI is supported by most leading electronics manufacturers and consequently will probably become the industry standard in the near future.
