Hdmi Converter
If you are into electronics, and you want the best of the best, you must have by now one or more electronic devices that support HDMI.
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) provides the best image and audio in the market right now. This is because it handles digital data, instead of analog signals. And because it has the greatest bandwidth available in a cable, with 10.2 Gigabits per second.
However, not all devices are compatible with HDMI format, and just because you got a new blu-ray player, that doesn’t mean you want to get rid of your old DVD player or TV. Of course, the ideal thing would be to buy a video game console, a high definition DVD player and a plasma television at the same time, but you and I know that unless you’re very wealthy such a purchase is very unlikely.
What will most likely happen is that only one of those will be bought, and then others will be bought one at a time over a period of time.
Nevertheless, due to the many types of video formats out there, you might need to get a converter if your source device isn’t compatible with your receiver.
The first thing you need to do is learn how to identify HDMI format. HDMI format uses only one cable, which is generally black. Its connector measures 13.9 millimeters by 4.45 millimeters, and it has 19 pins, which are sorted in two files.
Most devices will use either the composite or the component cables. You have to identify them in order to see which converter you need to get. These are the four possibilities.
Composite to HDMI converter. Composite cables are easy to identify, they are 3 cables, and the plugs of each cable is of a different color. The colors are yellow for video, and red and white for audio. If your source device has this configuration, get this converter.
HDMI to Composite converter. Get this converter if you have the opposite problem. You can identify a composite input because it consists of 3 sockets on your receiver, one yellow, one red and one white. They will very often be marked audio/video.
Component to HDMI converter. Component cables look very similar to composite cables. They consist of 3 cables that are very similar to the composite cables, but they’re actually used for only video. The plugs are red, blue and green. Audio needs a different set of 2 cables. The audio cable plugs are colored red and white. This converter will adapt all these cables.
HMDI to Component converter. Get this one for the opposite problem. You can recognize a component input because it requires 5 sockets, three of them will be labeled video and they will be red, blue and green. The other two will be labeled audio and they will be red and white.
