Hom A HDMI rov qab tau tshaj rau Lub Tib-txuas DVI-D lossis DVI-I interface siv los ntawm feem ntau cov lus qhia thiab cov duab kab kos hnub no (tab sis tsis txhawb DVI-A), uas txhais tau tias cov teeb liab los siv DVI-D interface tuaj yeem tau dhau los ntawm kev hloov pauv cable Drive HDMI zaub, tab sis cov phiaj xwm hloov dua siab tshiab no tsis txhawb lub suab xa mus thiab cov chaw taws teeb tswj haujlwm. Ntxiv rau, yog tias tsis muaj HDCP muaj ntawv pov thawj DVI, koj yuav tsis tuaj yeem saib cov ntaub ntawv tawm video los ntawm HDMI nrog HDCP encryption tiv thaiv (txhua HDMI cov lus txhawb HDCP, tab sis feem ntau cov zaub nrog DVI cuam tshuam tsis txhawb HDCP), Hom B HDMI txuas Nws tseem yuav rov qab tau sib txuas nrog lub txuas txuas nrog Dual-link DVI interface.
Cov neeg txhawb nqa ntawm HDMI lub koom haum suav nrog cov neeg siv khoom hluav taws xob loj, xws li Hitachi, Panasonic, Quasar, Philips, Sony, Thomson RCA, Toshiba, Silicon Duab. Kev Tiv Thaiv Cov Lus Digital, LLC (Digital Content Protection, LLC) muab cov ntawv pov thawj tiv thaiv kev tiv thaiv cuam tshuam nrog HDMI interface. Ntxiv rau, HDMI tseem tau txais kev txhawb los ntawm cov tuam txhab ua yeeb yaj kiab loj xws li 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Disney, cov neeg siv khoom siv hluav taws xob loj suav nrog Samsung Electronics, thiab ntau lub tuam txhab cable system.
