Sony NS3100, DVP-NS9100ES manual An Hdmi plug and its corresponding jack

An HDMI™ plug and its corresponding jack.

To begin with, many DVDs originate on film or progressive scanning video. These discs are encoded in 480p progressive scanning to deliver twice the vertical resolution as conventional 480i video. Sony's HD "upscaling" outputs this signal as 480p, 720p or 1080i High Definition via the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI™) jack. You owe it to yourself to spend some time admiring the results. Slip in a top-quality DVD, and the upscaled image is sumptuous, rich and detailed. Even though this source material is Standard Definition, it comes amazingly close to the look of full High Definition.

While 480p video is also available at the analog component video outputs, HD upscaling at 720p and 1080i is only available via the HDMI™ output.

Established in September 2003, HDMI™ is an extension of the DVI digital interface. While DVI is limited to video only, HDMI™ can transmit uncompressed High Definition digital video and digital audio via a single cable. This greatly simplifies system set-up, replacing as many as ten analog and digital connections with just one cable! In addition to providing 480p, 720p or 1080i, the HDMI output of Sony® ES Series DVD players can support digital signals in both RGB component video and Y/Cb/Cr component video.

DVD

Player

Y

Pb

Pr

Left

Right

Center

Surround Right

Surround Left

Subwoofer

A/V

Receiver

or

Television

DVD

Player

HDMI

A/V

Receiver

or

Television

Before HDMI technology (left), you needed nine cables to get component video and 5.1-channel analog audio from your DVD player and into your receiver. HDMI conveys both video and audio with full resolution and digital precision—all on a single cable!

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