High-Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI)-High Definition Multimedia Interface is a standard audio and uncompressed digital video encryption supported by industry to be the replacement of the scart DRM. HDMI provides an interface between any audio source DRM and digital video such as DVB-T tuner, a Blu-ray player, a computer (Windows, Linux, etc..) Receiver or an A / V, monitor and audio / compatible digital video, such as a digital TV (DTV).

HDMI allows the use of standard video, enhanced or high definition and digital multichannel audio in one cable. Is independent of the various DTV standards such as ATSC, DVB (-T,-S,-C), which are only MPEG data encapsulation. After being sent to a decoder, we get the uncompressed video data can be high definition. These data are encoded into TMDS for transmission digitally via HDMI. HDMI also includes 8 channels of uncompressed digital audio. Since version 1.2, HDMI can use up to 8 audio channels a bit. The one-bit audio is used on Super Audio CDs.

From the creators of HDMI include leading manufacturers of consumer electronics Hitachi, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), Philips, Sony, Thomson (RCA), Toshiba and Silicon Image. Digital Content Protection, LLC (a subsidiary of Intel) is providing High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)-anti-copy protection of digital content of high-bandwidth for HDMI. HDMI has the support of major film producers: Fox, Universal, Warner Bros. and Disney; operating systems: DirecTV and EchoStar (Dish Network) as well as CableLabs.