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If you have been alive for the last decade then you have noticed. The HD television has come around to reign supreme and will do so until the 3D television replaces it. TVs used to be this huge box that was heavy and difficult to move. The screen was convex and the picture was grainy. If you were too close to the screen you wouldn't be able to see a clear image. Now, the television is thin and flat. It has a crystal clear picture. You feel let down with the old technology. You judge a hotel's efficacy on the quality of its television screen when you check into your room. It is not just the television that has evolved. The cord, in this case the HDMI cable, has evolved too.

Each of these HDMI cables is amazing in itself. Yes, they can be expensive, but that little cord carries a wealth of information. Just look into the female end of the HDMI cable and see all the little male pins. You'll notice at least 19 pins around the mouth and each of these individual pins carries different types of information, simultaneously, to the television, monitor or projector. Many of the pins carry a complex amount of data but a few of them are remarkable. One of them is an Ethernet cable that is capable of carrying information from the web to the display. Another pin is just a clock to keep track of the time and yet another is something called a data shield. All of these pins are integral in delivering a sharp HD image from your capable device to the appropriate display.

An HDMI cable can come in many different sizes and formats. These different types of cords are usually made to accommodate the device rather than the display. The display usually accepts the standard sized end of the cord, while the device can have different size male ends. You are most likely going to see a smaller end for something like an HD digital video camera. Although, the most popular device, a DVD or Blu Ray player, will most likely have a standard sized end. Either way, the HDMI cable will deliver all the information needed to display a crisp HD image on the display. Even the smaller end of the cord will be capable of carrying that information. The pins are just compressed into a smaller space.