Across Mini HDMI to HDMI 1080p (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
Cable is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed
digital data, It represents a digital alternative to consumer analog
standards, such as radio frequency (RF) coaxial cable, composite video,
S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA. Across HDMI Cable
connects digital audio/video sources—such as Tablets, set-top
boxes, upconvert DVD players, HD DVD players, Blu-ray Disc players,
AVCHD camcorders, personal computers (PCs), video game consoles such as
the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and AV receivers—to compatible digital
audio devices, computer monitors, and digital televisions.
Across HDMI Cable supports, on a single cable, any uncompressed TV or PC
video format, including standard, enhanced, and high-definition video;
up to 8 channels of compressed or uncompressed digital audio; and a
Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) connection. The CEC allows HDMI
devices to control each other when necessary and allows the user to
operate multiple devices with one remote control handset. Across HDMI
cable is electrically compatible with the signals used by Digital Visual
Interface (DVI), no signal conversion is necessary, nor is there a loss
of video quality when a DVI-to-HDMI adapter is used. As an uncompressed
connection, HDMI is independent of the various digital television
standards used by individual devices, such as ATSC and DVB, as these are
encapsulations of compressed MPEG video streams (which can be decoded
and output as an uncompressed video stream on HDMI). The HDMI standard
was not designed to include passing closed caption data to the
television for decoding. So any closed caption stream has to be decoded
and included as an image in the video stream(s) prior to transmission
over an Across HDMI cable to be viewed on the DTV. This limits the
caption style (even for digital captions) to only that decoded at the
source prior to HDMI transmission. This also prevents closed captions
when transmission over HDMI is required for upconversion.