Practically everyone with technology in their house has a reason to use HDMI cables. While there are reasons to weigh the differences between DisplayPort and HDMI, a big part of the appeal of the ...

So you want to share photos, watch videos, or play computer games on the expansive screen of your HDTV? On one hand, this is a really simple how-to: use HDMI! That, of course, isn't the whole story.

HDMI looks simple from the outside. One plug. One port. A promise that video and audio will “just work.” In real life, HDMI choices affect picture quality, refresh rate, gaming features, cable routing ...

(Update. A previous version of this article contained many errors partially because of my misunderstanding and partially because I relied on misinformed sources. Brad Bramy, Senior Marketing Director ...

HDMI can do more than you think.

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