HDMI combines DVI-compliant uncompressed video data with compressed or uncompressed audio, and supports other protocols.

Some digital connection standards were designed from the beginning to primarily carry audio and video signals simultaneously:

Ethernet using modular connectors supports audio over Ethernet, audio over IP, IPTV and other digital multimedia formats.

Apple Display Connector (ADC), now-defunct Apple Display Connector.

30-pin dock connector, a docking cradle for Apple iPod, iPhone and iPad, and its Lightning successor.

DisplayPort carries digital audio and video, as well as auxiliary information, along with its Mini DisplayPort cousin.

FireWire is a generic data link with audio/video standards used on Camcorders (particularly MiniDV), and high-end studio audio and video equipment.

The latest Thunderbolt 3 uses USB-C as its connector, though not all USB-C is Thunderbolt-compatible.

Thunderbolt is the successor to FireWire, a generic high-speed data link with well-defined audio/video uses.

USB-C can directly transport USB 3.1, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, HDMI, and MHL protocols, with power, and audio and many other protocols are possible.

Until the 3.0 revision, very low data rates meant most A/V needed alternative connectors.

USB was designed as a single connector to support all needs, including any generic data, audio/video, power, and more DisplayLink is its most successful Audio+Video protocol.

Several generic digital data connection standards are designed to carry audio/video data along with other data and power:

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