Connectors High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is used in modern devices are increasingly, and, according to analyst firm In-Stat, the HDMI interface gradually assumes the responsibilities of Digital Visual Interface (DVI). Despite the fact that the first HDMI was especially popular in consumer electronic devices, this connector is increasingly appears in computers and laptops.

According to analyst firm In-Stat, in 2009, the ratio of DVI and HDMI gradually began to change in favor of HDMI: DVI percentage gradually decreases, while the proportion of HDMI is increasing. Interface HDMI, in 2007 occupied 6.1% of the market of computers, at the 2008 year was 12.3% of computers, that is, its share has doubled. During the same period the use of HDMI in mobile devices has increased by 76%. According to analysts, this trend will continue until 2013. It is expected that the average annual growth in the proportion of HDMI reach 20.3%.

"HDMI's success continues to be a segment of consumer electronics", ─ says Brian O'Rourke (Brian O'Rourke), an analyst at In-Stat. ─ "HDMI has been adopted almost everywhere in digital TVs, which accounted for the largest sector of HDMI. Another area of widespread use of HDMI is portable consumer devices, including digital camcorders, digital cameras and portable media players. The producers hope to adapt the HDMI to mobile phones, with annual shipments of more than one billion, they are a tempting target. “The study also showed that the increased popularity of HDMI is connected with a gradual reduction in the use of DVI. Prior to 2013, the projected In-Stat, the supply of products with a DVI connector will be reduced annually by an average of 8.1%.

The reasons for the success of HDMI can be measured as its smaller as well as simpler form factor and its capability to transfer audio signals, as well as support for high-definition video. This interface also take pleasure in digital content providers as well as the HDMI signals match up to the specifications High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), letting providers to add one more link in the chain lock DRM (Digital Rights Management, the technical means of copyright protection). Analysts completed that HDMI will carry on to grow thanks to the appearance of small connectors, for example mini-HDMI, as well as micro-HDMI, building the standard more good-looking to manufacturers of mobile devices.