subject: Hdmi High [print this page] HDMI organization recently held in Shenzhen, the first developer conference, domestic major appliance companies, cable companies and international companies are testing the chip and attended the General Assembly, on the HDMI display great enthusiasm. One HDMI digital interface standards, particularly in high-definition digital products are widely used. As China's current use of this interface the largest proportion of enterprises in the world, therefore, the first HDMI Developers Conference in September elections held in Shenzhen, China. Most Chinese enterprises with HDMI
HDMI organization, according to statistics, as of August 2007, the global total of 702 enterprises have received authorization HDMI, while China became the authorized maximum area. Among them, the mainland unit of account authorized 24% of the global total, 28% in Taiwan. Mainland China is also using this interface, the fastest growing companies in 2004, there were only 10 to August this year, has grown to 164.
According to market research firm In-Stat statistics, in all kinds of digital products, digital TV with HDMI interface, currently the largest product category, followed by DVD, digital set-top boxes and game controllers. "The past, people think it is very expensive HDMI interface, but HDMI is not the high end." HDMILicensingLLC Mr. President LeslieChard the conference, said, "Now prices of 50 dollars and 429 dollars DVD LCD TVs have been using the HDMI interface. "He further said, so, HDMI can be used a variety of price points.
1.3 version of HDMI into portable product standards to promote
Have set in after 1.0,1.1,1.2,1.2 a version, HDMI organization recently released version 1.3 standard. "1.3 version of the standard features of a choice, so enterprises can design and produce products according to their product requirements, to choose to implement these features." LeslieChard, said Mr.. These features include bandwidth from 5Gb / s to 10Gb / s; dark may be increased from the 24-bit 48-bit; sound quality can be achieved DolbyTrueHD, and DTS-HD; smaller connectors. HDMI Organization, according to forecasts, the CES exhibition in 2008 will have more standard products with 1.3 come out. The smaller connectors will be applied to mobile phones and other portable products.
The 1.3 version of the standard will be launched in 2007 marks the distinction between products with HDMI. As the dark, xvColour, 120Hz frame rate, DolbyTrueHD so some of the features can only be achieved through the HDMI connection.
The future, HDMI will be designed into mobile phones, PMP, more game controllers and PC.
Formed a complete industrial chain in China
Current HDMI in China has gradually formed industrial clusters. Major domestic appliances business, cable companies and international enterprises chips and test form in the Chinese market with a relatively complete industrial chain. Large appliance manufacturers such as TCL, Changhong and some flat products have passed the relevant test HDMI; Some cable companies also occupy a high market share in Asia; most consumer electronics chip companies in China to carry out research and development in this area For example SiliconImage, ZORAN, etc.; China also established a number of relevant laboratory tests.
Enterprise development in China, with a HDMI port products, enterprises have encountered some problems: First, many Chinese enterprises, said the high cost of the current HDMI certification as the obstacles faced by the system manufacturer. This reporter learned that, to get HDMI certification, enterprises should pay off over three, or annual fees, product certification fees and the cost per port. A company engineer said, to test the fee for one to seven thousand five hundred U.S. dollars per test, they have dozens of standard set-top boxes to test scores, did not pass the test but also re-Jiao Qian is a very large costs.
