HDMI is a special cable designed to transmit high-quality digital images, which has several varieties, including mini HDMI.
Mini HDMI
Today, there are practically no devices that do not have a dedicated HDMI connector. This cable has received huge demand due to the constantly growing market size of various televisions and other video equipment, which allows the owner to view the image in digital format (with high resolution and color depth). As for the mini HDMI cable itself, it is a connector and a cable several times smaller than a standard cable that meets the modern requirements of miniaturization.
At its core, the difference between a regular HDMI and mini HDMI cable and connector lies directly in the size. The mini HDMI version, the official name of which is HDMI Type D, has dimensions of 6, 4 x 2, 8 mm, and Type A, in turn, has dimensions of 13, 9 x 4, 45 mm. As for the functionality and performance of the mini HDMI cable, it is absolutely no different from the original cable. The reduced copy has the same 19 pins. Thus, it turns out that from the size of the cable, the quality of the image supplied with the help of this cable does not change at all, and even more so, does not get worse.
Mini HDMI application area
Most often, a mini HDMI cable and connector are used for various mobile devices, the dimensions of which simply do not allow installing a standard connector (especially on such devices it will not be appropriate). It can be used for: mobile phones, tablets, laptops, various video players, camcorders and cameras. It should be noted that some modern devices for displaying images on the screen (for example, video cards) also have a mini HDMI connector. First of all, this is due to the fact that there is not enough space on the back of video cards for a standard HDMI connector, since the standard uses 2 universal DVI-I outputs. That is why a small copy of a digital cable is used. Functionality and image quality come second in this case.
Mini HDMI, as well as a standard HDMI cable, consists of the following elements: an outer sheath that protects the wires inside, a shielding sheath, an aluminum foil shield that protects the cable from various electromagnetic influences, a polypropylene sheath, and inside there are shielded twisted pairs of the fifth category, unshielded twisted pairs, as well as separate conductors for supplying power and a variety of signals.
