How do consumers benefit from HDMI cable？

Quality: HDMI Cables transfers uncompressed digital audio and video for the highest, crispest image quality.
All-Digital: High quality HDMI cables, such as Monster Cables M1000DAV M Series Reference HDMI cable, ensure an all-digital rendering of video without the losses associated with analog interfaces and their unnecessary digital-to-analog conversions.
Low-cost: When you consider what it would cost to purchase two separate high performance cables; 1 for video and 1 for audio; HDMI cables present a more cost-effective high performance solution combining both in a single cable.
Audio: HDMI cables support multiple digital audio formats, from standard stereo to multi-channel surround-sound.
Ease-of-use: HDMI cables combine video and multi-channel audio into a single cable, eliminating the cost, complexity and confusion of multiple cables currently used in many audio video systems.
Intelligence: HDMI cables support two-way communication between the video source (such as a DVD player) and the digital television, enabling new functionality such as automatic configuration and one-touch play.
What is the life expectancy of HDMI?
HDTV uses less than 1/2 of HDMI's available 5 Gbps bandwidth. With capacity to spare, HDMI can incorporate new technology advancements and capabilities long into the foreseeable future.
Is HDMI backward-compatible with DVI (Digital Visual Interface)?
Yes, HDMI is fully backward-compatible with DVI using the CEA-861 profile for DTVs. HDMI DTVs will display video received from existing DVI-equipped products, and DVI-equipped TVs will display video from HDMI sources.
Will current HD TVs and set-top boxes using DVI-HDTV be compatible with HDMI devices?
Yes. Currently there are TVs with HDMI to DVI HDTV inputs available from a variety of manufacturers. Those devices will be compatible with future HDMI-equipped products.
What types of video does HDMI support?
HDMI has the capacity to support existing high-definition video formats (720p, 1080i, and even 1080p). It also has the flexibility to support enhanced definition formats such as 480p, as well as standard definition formats such as NTSC or PAL.