You have a customer who is interested in having you construc

You have a customer who is interested in having you construct a custom computer for viewing and editing high-definition videos but wants to know which connector should be installed to accept digital video using a single cable for any uncompressed TV or PC video format and that always carries audio content. What do you tell him?

A. The best connector for this purpose is VGA.

B. The best connector for this purpose is HDMI.

C. The best connector for this purpose is S-Video.

D. The best connector for this purpose is DVI.

Solution

B. HDMI, or High-Definition Multimedia Interface, is a compact multimedia connector used to transmit and receive uncompressed digital data and is an alternative to analog methods such as coax cable, S-Video, and VGA. It comes in a variety of connector types that represent the HDMI 1.0, HDMI 3.0, and HDMI 4.0 specifications.