DVI (Digital Video Interface)

A computer-style connection of multiple pins designed to transmit video signals from high-resolution digital receivers (with apacity for HDTV, DIRECTV, DishNetwork, and boxes of cables, plus a few DVD players) to HDTV monitors with a connector compatible. The signals are encoded with Digital Content Protection High Bandwidth (HDCP) to prevent recording.

DVI:

Short for Digital Video Interactive and Digital Video Interactive. Allows applications to combine data from different sources multimedia audio, video, data, and so on.

DVI (Digital Visual Interface) is an interface for transmitting digital video and graphics data. In the IT field DVI has become the standard interface for top-end graphics cards and high-resolution TFT monitors. DVI is fully upwardly compatible with HDMI.