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The home theater scene is laced with a splendid combination of technical terms, acronyms and generally confusing jargon.  Since I’ve had to hunt down the meaning to all these terms, I thought I would put them all together in one place and help ease the learning curve for any newcomers to this wonderful endeavor.

HDMI: High-Definition Multimedia Interface.  Sounds good right, well it is. This is a pure digital connection capable of transmitting high-definition television signals as well as multi-channel (5.1) digital audio.  As an added bonus (not really) it supports a built in copy protection standard known as HDCP.

HDCP: High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection.  Developed by Intel to prevent the unauthorized duplication of copywritten material over a digital interface (DVI/HDMI/D-VHS)

DVI: Digital Visual Interface.  A type of digital connection invented by Intel to connect computers and other digital devices to digital displays, such as flat-panel monitors and digital projectors.