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What is the difference between HDMI 1.2 and 1.3?

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A. Lucius

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A. Lucius
A. Lucius, Senior Content writer, Diploma in Literature, Dover, Delaware

Answered Nov 21, 2019

First of all, you should know that HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. HDMI 1.2 will already have the ability to handle 1080p. This is the highest resolution that is available for HD video. It is evident that the HDMI 1.3 is considered to have more features that are available.

First of all, you should know that HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. HDMI 1.2
For example, there are more colors that are available in HDMI 1.3 as compared to HDMI 1.2. The HDMI 1.2 will have the ability to transmit uncompressed digital audio while the 1.3 version will be able to support more media formats so that the load can be transferred easily to the media device. The 1.3 version has also introduced the mini connector, which is not available in HDMI 1.2.

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Bobby Rickets

Bobby Rickets

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Answered Jun 24, 2019

HDMI 1.2 and 1.3 are the two common types of cables used for transmitting data or information from one device to another. For example, the two types of cables can be used to transmit data from a game console to the screen via the connection. However, there are some differences between them. HDMI 1.2 can be considered as the older version of the cable, which means HDMI is just an advanced version of HDMI 1.3.

HDMI 1.2 and 1.3 are the two common types of cables used for transmitting data or information from
Due to this, it has more features than HDMI 1.2. HDMI 1.3 has higher bandwidth than HDMI 1.2, which means the amount of data that can be sent through HDMI at once is larger than that of HDMI 1.2. However, this is never a problem since HDMI 1.2 also has enough bandwidth for whatever operation you want to use it for. Another difference is that, HDMI 1.2 can only be used to send uncompressed data, but HDMI 1.3 can be used to send already compressed data or audio materials.

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