The HDMI interface is electrically identical and compatible with the video-only DVI interface, which came first. For example, if a cable box or PC has DVI out, but the TV or monitor only has HDMI ...

This scheme has been inherited from DVI, and HDMI has mostly built upon it ... you couldn’t simply disconnect all of them and replicate the VGA cable missing colour effect – there’s more ...

Automotive (Type E): This connector is for Automotive HDMI cables. HDMI can also be used with other connections, such as DVI, ...