HDMI helps transmit uncompressed digital video and supports standard, enhanced, or high definition video with up to 5 gigabytes per second of bandwidth. It has a single connector instead of several connectors and cables, and it’s able to communicate between video sources and digital television. Toshiba, Philips, Hitachi, and Silicon Image are in charge of overseeing HDMI development.
There are different types of HDMI, but the most popular is the Type A that we are all familiar with, which is located at the back of our TVs. All HDMIs have a 19-pin design, which is the major feature of the HDMI cable. These 19 pins are what allow HDMI to do what it does. Three pins enable it to transmit video and audio, and there are additional pins that are called clock channels. They don’t carry any useful data, but they help keep the other channels in sync, and this helps your screen from looking janky.
Mirco HDMI VS Mini HDMI
As stated above, apart from the conventional HDMI cables we are familiar with, there are other types of HDMI, which are called the Micro HDMI and the Mini HDMI. They all perform the same function but have different aspects of how they function.
Mini HDMI This is sometimes called a Type-C HDMI, which is smaller than the Type-A HDMI. It is 60% smaller than the normal HDMI but still has the 19 pins that are present in the Type-A HDMI. It has a size of 10.42 2.42 mm with a slight difference in the arrangement of the pins. It was designed to accommodate a smaller size and is not uncommon to find as it is used majorly by camcorders and cameras. Some laptops use this kind of connector and so do some small computers like the Raspberry Pi Zero. It enables this computer to be connected to an HD display and still have the features that HDMI gives.
Micro HDMI This is also called Type-D. It is currently not very popular anymore as there are other options used instead of using this connector. It is the smallest of all HDMI cables, measuring about 72% smaller than the Type-A connector. It is typically used with smaller devices such as smartphones, but it can also be used by cameras such as GoPro and others. This connector has a size of 6.4 2.8 mm but still has all the 19 pins present in it, but the layout is quite different from Type-A and Type-C. Due to the development of Chromecast, Airplay, and a USB-C connection, it has fallen out of the market and this is why you might not be very familiar with it.
Difference Between Micro HDMI and Mini HDMI,
According to the explanations above, we can see that the main difference between micro HDMI and mini HDMI is just the size. The micro HDMI has a size of 6.4 2.8 mm, which is about the size of a mini USB connector, giving it the ability to fit into almost every device, whereas the mini HDMI connector has a size of 10.42 2.42 mm. Apart from the size, they both offer the same performance. No one is better than the other. It all depends on the one which you need for a device at a particular time.
We might also take into consideration the fact that the Mini HDMI connector has a wider range of use compared to the Micro HDMI connector, as the Micro has been sidelined due to other options that have been created. Apart from these differences, there is nothing more. You are getting the same quality of video using either of the two connectors.
