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What is the life expectancy of HDMI? HDMI is still an evolving standard of technology that is fluid, and changes to meet the market needs. The life expectancy for HDMI is expected to be quite long into the foreseeable future. There are several reasons for this long life expectancy.

The first reason that HDMI has such a long life expectancy is because the founders of HDMI technology include companies who are leading consumer electronics manufacturers in their area. Some of these HDMI founding companies are Panasonic, Sony, Phillips, Hitachi, RCA (Thomson), Silicone Image, and Toshiba. HDMI technology is also supported by some of the top major motion picture producers in the motion picture industry. These producers include Disney, Universal Studios, Fox, and Warner Brothers. System operators including Dish Network and DirecTV, as well as CableLabs, all also support HDMI technology. All of these founders and supporters are assuring the consumer that HDMI technology will not become outdated and obsolete.

The second reason for HDMI technology's long life expectancy is the capacity for speed. HDMI has a capacity for five gigabits per second. Newer standards for HDMI have created even more of this capacity. HDTV currently uses less than half of the available bandwidth. What this means is that HDMI technology still has a vast available capacity for any future technological developments in this area.