HDMI
E112740
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a widely used digital standard for transmitting high-definition audio and video between devices such as media players, computers, and displays over a single cable.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HDMI canonical | 24 |
| HDMI 2.1 | 2 |
| High-Definition Multimedia Interface | 2 |
| HDCP | 1 |
| HDMI (via passive adapters for video) | 1 |
| HDMI 1.3 specification | 1 |
| HDMI technology | 1 |
| TMDS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T955906 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HDMI Context triple: [Apple TV, outputInterface, HDMI]
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A.
DisplayPort
DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard used to transmit high-definition video and audio from a source device to a monitor or other display.
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B.
HDMI-CEC
HDMI-CEC is a feature of HDMI that allows interconnected devices to control each other’s basic functions over a single HDMI cable, enabling unified remote control and coordinated power and playback.
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C.
MHL
MHL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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D.
DisplayPort Alt Mode
DisplayPort Alt Mode is a USB-C feature that allows a device to transmit native DisplayPort video and audio signals over a USB Type-C connector for direct connection to external displays.
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E.
D.V.I.
D.V.I. is the standard abbreviation for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, a federal court with jurisdiction over the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HDMI Target entity description: HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a widely used digital standard for transmitting high-definition audio and video between devices such as media players, computers, and displays over a single cable.
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A.
DisplayPort
DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard used to transmit high-definition video and audio from a source device to a monitor or other display.
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B.
HDMI-CEC
HDMI-CEC is a feature of HDMI that allows interconnected devices to control each other’s basic functions over a single HDMI cable, enabling unified remote control and coordinated power and playback.
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C.
MHL
MHL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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D.
DisplayPort Alt Mode
DisplayPort Alt Mode is a USB-C feature that allows a device to transmit native DisplayPort video and audio signals over a USB Type-C connector for direct connection to external displays.
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E.
D.V.I.
D.V.I. is the standard abbreviation for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, a federal court with jurisdiction over the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer electronics interface
ⓘ
digital audio/video interface standard ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
ⓘ
linked to:
HDMI
|
| backwardCompatibleWith |
DVI (Digital Visual Interface) for video signaling
ⓘ
linked to:
DVI
|
| connects |
AV receivers
ⓘ
computer monitors ⓘ display devices ⓘ projectors ⓘ source devices ⓘ televisions ⓘ |
| developedBy |
HDMI Founders
ⓘ
Hitachi ⓘ Panasonic ⓘ Philips ⓘ
linked to:
Philips (historical main base)
Silicon Image ⓘ Sony ⓘ Thomson ⓘ
linked to:
Thomson SA
Toshiba ⓘ |
| firstSpecificationVersion | 1.0 ⓘ |
| fullName |
High-Definition Multimedia Interface
ⓘ
linked to:
HDMI
|
| hasConnectorType |
Type A (standard HDMI)
ⓘ
Type B (dual-link, rarely used) ⓘ Type C (mini HDMI) ⓘ Type D (micro HDMI) ⓘ Type E (automotive HDMI) ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| maximumBandwidth |
18 Gbit/s for HDMI 2.0
ⓘ
48 Gbit/s for HDMI 2.1 ⓘ |
| replaced |
analog component video in many consumer devices
ⓘ
analog video interfaces such as VGA ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | HDMI Licensing Administrator, Inc. ⓘ |
| supports |
3D video (from HDMI 1.4)
ⓘ
4K video resolutions ⓘ 8K video resolutions (from HDMI 2.1) ⓘ Audio Return Channel (ARC) ⓘ Enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC, from HDMI 2.1) ⓘ Ethernet channel (from HDMI 1.4) ⓘ HDCP content protection ⓘ auto low latency mode (ALLM, from HDMI 2.1) ⓘ compressed video formats ⓘ consumer electronics control ⓘ high dynamic range (HDR) video ⓘ high-definition video ⓘ multi-channel audio ⓘ quick frame transport (QFT, from HDMI 2.1) ⓘ quick media switching (QMS, from HDMI 2.1) ⓘ standard-definition video ⓘ uncompressed video ⓘ variable refresh rate (VRR, from HDMI 2.1) ⓘ |
| transmits |
auxiliary data
ⓘ
digital audio ⓘ digital video ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Blu-ray players
ⓘ
digital cameras ⓘ game consoles ⓘ home theater systems ⓘ personal computers ⓘ set-top boxes ⓘ |
| uses |
Fixed Rate Link (FRL) signaling (from HDMI 2.1)
ⓘ
TMDS signaling (up to HDMI 2.0) ⓘ single cable connection ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HDMI Description of subject: HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a widely used digital standard for transmitting high-definition audio and video between devices such as media players, computers, and displays over a single cable.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: HDMI
linked to: HDMI
subject linked to:
Mini DisplayPort connector
linked to: HDMI
linked to: HDMI
linked to: HDMI
subject linked to:
Enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC, from HDMI 2.1)
linked to: HDMI
linked to: HDMI
linked to: HDMI