Windows Shortcut Keys

Run Commands:

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compmgmt.msc - Computer management
devmgmt.msc - Device manager
diskmgmt.msc - Disk management
dfrg.msc - Disk defrag
eventvwr.msc - Event viewer
fsmgmt.msc - Shared folders
gpedit.msc - Group policies
lusrmgr.msc - Local users and groups
perfmon.msc - Performance monitor
rsop.msc - Resultant set of policies
secpol.msc - Local security settings
services.msc - Various Services
msconfig - System Configuration Utility
regedit - Registry Editor
msinfo32 _ System Information
sysedit _ System Edit
win.ini _ windows loading information(also system.ini)
winver _ Shows current version of windows
mailto: _ Opens default email client
command _ Opens command prompt


Run Commands to access the control panel:

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Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl
Display Properties control desk.cpl
FindFast control findfast.cpl
Fonts Folder control fonts
Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl
Keyboard Properties control main.cpl keyboard
Mouse Properties control main.cpl
Multimedia Properties control mmsys.cpl
Network Properties control netcpl.cpl
Password Properties control password.cpl
Printers Folder control printers
Sound Properties control mmsys.cpl sounds
System Properties control sysdm.cpl



Command Prompt:

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ANSI.SYS Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
APPEND Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC View the file associations.
AT Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB Display and change file attributes.
BATCH Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS View and modify file ACL's.
CALL Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD Changes directories.
CHCP Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR Changes directories.
CHKDSK Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS Clears the screen.
CMD Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMP Compares files.
COMPACT Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE View or change the systems date.
DEBUG Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DELETE Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
DISKCOMP Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
ECHO Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT View and edit files.
EDLIN View and edit files.
EMM386 Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE Erase files from computer.
EXIT Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND Expand a M*cros*ft Windows file back to it's original format.
EXTRACT Extract files from the M*cros*ft Windows cabinets.
FASTHELP Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
FC Compare files.
FDISK Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
FIND Search for text within a file.
FINDSTR Searches for a string of text within a file.
FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector.
FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
FOR Boolean used in batch files.
FORMAT Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
FTP Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
GRAFTABL Show extended characters in graphics mode.
HELP Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
IF Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
IFSHLP.SYS 32-bit file manager.
IPCONFIG Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
KEYB Change layout of keyboard.
LABEL Change the label of a disk drive.
LH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LISTSVC Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
LOADFIX Load a program above the first 64k.
LOADHIGH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LOCK Lock the hard disk drive.
LOGON Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
MAP Displays the device name of a drive.
MD Command to create a new directory.
MEM Display memory on system.
MKDIR Command to create a new directory.
MODE Modify the port or display settings.
MORE Display one page at a time.
MOVE Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
MSAV Early M*cros*ft Virus scanner.
MSD Diagnostics utility.
MSCDEX Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
NBTSTAT Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
NET Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
NETSH Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
NETSTAT Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
NLSFUNC Load country specific information.
NSLOOKUP Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
PATH View and modify the computers path location.
PATHPING View and locate locations of network latency.
PAUSE Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
PING Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
POPD Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
POWER Conserve power with computer portables.
PRINT Prints data to a printer port.
PROMPT View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
PUSHD Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
QBASIC Open the QBasic.
RD Removes an empty directory.
REN Renames a file or directory.
RENAME Renames a file or directory.
RMDIR Removes an empty directory.
ROUTE View and configure windows network route tables.
RUNAS Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
SCANDISK Run the scandisk utility.
SCANREG Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
SET Change one variable or string to another.
SETLOCAL Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
SETVER Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
SHARE Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
SHIFT Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
SMARTDRV Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
SORT Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
START Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
SUBST Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
SWITCHES Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
SYS Transfer system files to disk drive.
TELNET Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
TIME View or modify the system time.
TITLE Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
TRACERT Visually view a network packets route across a network.
TREE View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
TYPE Display the contents of a file.
UNDELETE Undelete a file that has been deleted.
UNFORMAT Unformat a hard disk drive.
UNLOCK Unlock a disk drive.
VER Display the version information.
VERIFY Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
VOL Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
XCOPY Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
TRUENAME When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists
TASKKILL It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications




Windows XP Shortcuts:

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ALT+- (ALT+hyphen) Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu
ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window
ALT+TAB Switch between open items
ALT+Underlined letter Display the corresponding menu
BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
CTRL+A Select all
CTRL+B Bold
CTRL+C Copy
CTRL+I Italics
CTRL+O Open an item
CTRL+U Underline
CTRL+V Paste
CTRL+X Cut
CTRL+Z Undo
CTRL+F4 Close the active document
CTRL while dragging Copy selected item
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging Create shortcut to selected iteM
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
ESC Cancel the current task
F1 Displays Help
F2 Rename selected item
F3 Search for a file or folder
F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 Refresh the active window
F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program
SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu
SHIFT+CTRL+ESC Launches Task Manager
SHIFT when you insert a CD Prevent the CD from automatically playing
WIN Display or hide the Start menu
WIN+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box
WIN+D Minimizes all Windows and shows the Desktop
WIN+E Open Windows Explorer
WIN+F Search for a file or folder
WIN+F+CTRL Search for computers
WIN+L Locks the desktop
WIN+M Minimize or restore all windows
WIN+R Open the Run dialog box
WIN+TAB Switch between open items




Windows Explorer Shortcuts:

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ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the current window’s system menu
SHIFT+F10 - Display the item's context menu
CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu
ALT+TAB - Switch to the window you last used
ALT+F4 - Close the current window or quit
CTRL+A - Select all items
CTRL+X - Cut selected item(s)
CTRL+C - Copy selected item(s)
CTRL+V - Paste item(s)
CTRL+Z - Undo last action
CTRL+(+) - Automatically resize the columns in the right hand pane
TAB - Move forward through options
ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Move forward to a previous view
ALT+LEFT ARROW - Move backward to a previous view
SHIFT+DELETE - Delete an item immediately
BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up
ALT+ENTER - View an item’s properties
F10 - Activate the menu bar in programs
F6 - Switch between left and right panes
F5 - Refresh window contents
F3 - Display Find application
F2 - Rename selected item




Internet Explorer Shortcuts:

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CTRL+A - Select all items on the current page
CTRL+D - Add the current page to your Favorites
CTRL+E - Open the Search bar
CTRL+F - Find on this page
CTRL+H - Open the History bar
CTRL+I - Open the Favorites bar
CTRL+N - Open a new window
CTRL+O - Go to a new location
CTRL+P - Print the current page or active frame
CTRL+S - Save the current page
CTRL+W - Close current browser window
CTRL+ENTER - Adds the http://www. (url) .com
SHIFT+CLICK - Open link in new window
BACKSPACE - Go to the previous page
ALT+HOME - Go to your Home page
HOME - Move to the beginning of a document
TAB - Move forward through items on a page
END - Move to the end of a document
ESC - Stop downloading a page
F11 - Toggle full-screen view
F5 - Refresh the current page
F4 - Display list of typed addresses
F6 - Change Address bar and page focus
ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Go to the next page
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB - Move back between frames
SHIFT+F10 - Display a shortcut menu for a link
SHIFT+TAB - Move back through the items on a page
CTRL+TAB - Move forward between frames
CTRL+C - Copy selected items to the clipboard
CTRL+V - Insert contents of the clipboard
ENTER - Activate a selected link
HOME - Move to the beginning of a document
END - Move to the end of a document
F1 - Display Internet Explorer Help

Dual Booting

Dual Boot Vista and XP with Vista already installed

Introduction
If you want to install Vista onto an XP computer, try the reverse tutorial: (XP already installed)

I'm not going to post any stats on XP, if you're running Vista, you certainly can run XP

*You will need your XP and Vista installation discs!

Step 1 - Partition the Drive:
Vista comes with a nice partitioning tool, so i'll be using it instead of partition magic this time around.
-right-click computer under the start menu and choose "manage"



-right-click the drive you want to partition, and select "Shrink Partition"
-The amount you shrink the partition is the amount of space used for the XP partition, so i would suggest making it at least 3-

4GB in size, as a full XP installation will take 1.5GB on it's own.

-now right-click the unallocated memory and select new basic partition.



-Choose NTFS file system, this will save formatting before installation.
-name the drive anything you like, i chose "XP"
-click next on the rest of the screens and finish.

once the formatting is finished you will have something like this:



*this new partition is where your XP installation will go, so take note of it's location, in case there are multiple partitions

on the drive (there will now be atleast 2).

Step 2 - Install XP:



wait while XP installs (I won't go into detail, there are many tutorials on this, and it is reasonably straight forward)



Now that XP has installed, it attempts to boot for the first time... all goes fine, video settings, networking, then the lovely


Step 3 - Fix Boot Loader:
Vista will load the GUI files, and then display the loading splash screen.

-Click "Next" on the first screen
-Once the "Install Now" menu (do not click Install Now) choose "Repair Your Computer":




-You will be prompted to choose the OS to repair. Don't worry if Vista is the only OS that shows up, even after a search.


click "Next"

-I realize there is a "Fix Startup" option, but it's been my experience that it doesn't work, and this method will.
-choose to open a "Command Prompt":



type in the command prompt the following 2 lines (separatly):
Bootrec.exe /fixMBR
Bootrec.exe /fixBoot



-close the prompt and restart
-now that Vista controls your boot loader, the process is mostly finished, now we need to inform Vista that XP is installed, as

to enable the boot loader selection screen.
*There are programs such as VistaBootPRO that will do this for you, but it requires .NET framework, etc, so I did it the manual

way.



Step 4 - Edit boot.ini:
In Vista, the boot.ini is not editable directly, as the file itself is hard to locate, so we will be modifying it through "Boot

Configuration Data Store Editor" bcdedit.exe:
(Just as an explanation, the loader type for XP is an NT Loader, hence the use of ntldr)

-first open a command prompt with administrative privilages (right-click and choose "run as administrator")
*Note the following 2 answers from bcdedit for each item are acceptable:
"The Operation Completed Successfully"
"The Specified Entry Already Exists"
Be sure to type each line carefully (replace C in the first line with the drive containing your Vista installation):
bcdedit –set {ntldr} device partition=C:
bcdedit –set {ntldr} path \ntldr
bcdedit –displayorder {ntldr} –addlast
bcdedit -set {ntldr} description "Microsoft Windows XP"

The completed bcdedit file should resemble this:



-This will correctly add XP to your boot sequence, and even name it properly instead of "Earlier Version of Windows"
-the displayorder line also allows the entry to be visible under the advanced settings of your computer properties.



Vista is the default boot, if you wish to change this to XP it can be done by setting {current} to addlast, or under the computer

-> properties -> advanced settings.

If all done properly, XP and Vista will dual boot properly!

How to enable AHCI : Windows XP

In case your your XP installation was done using IDE mode, and you decide to use AHCI for what ever reason, don’t worry. You can do that without reinstalling your Windows XP. This trick might usefull to for those who are confuse / lazy / afraid / to slipstream AHCI driver into WinXP installation disc.

• Start Device Manager (Right click on My Computer –> Property –> Hardware –> Device Manager

• Right click on Primary IDE channel and choose Update Driver

• • Choose No, not at this time
  • Install a list or specific location (advance)
  • Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install

• • Have Disk
  • use AHCI driver (provided by manufacturer or download from net), in my case Acer 4530 provide AHCI driver for WinXP

• Then, restart your computer/notebook
• Enter BIOS (F2 usually for most notebook or DEL for most PC)
• Change your SATA Mode to AHCI (instead of IDE)
• Start your Computer (Windows)

Done.

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Alternative Solution – Credit to Steve

I took a slightly different approach.
1) Get SATA drivers for Windows (whatever flavour you use)
2) Control Panel, Add New Hardware.
3) Yes, already connected, browse to the bottom, hit “add a new device”
4) No, point it to the directory of your SATA drivers
5) Choose your driver from the list that returns. (Mine was the nVidia SATA controller)
6) Uninstall other standard IDE controllers.
7) Reboot and enter your BIOS
8)Change to AHCI mode
9) Boot to Windows… which finds the *ACTUAL* AHCI controller, and installs the same driver as what you chose in step 5.
10) Windows wants to reboot. Do that.
11) Go to Device Manager and then uninstall the AHCI controller that you installed (there will be two or more now, but you want to get rid of the one with the exclamation mark)
12) Success!

That was a *LOT* easier than what I thought it would. After reading many guides on how to do it with Intel chipsets with home-made registry entries and copying files around… Installing the driver manually as a “dummy” effectively does all that for you anyway!

Cheers people! The guide at the top was the closest that I found to succeeding, and put me on the right track!

welcome screen as usual.

You restart, expecting a boot loader screen... followed the tutorial this far, and now you seem to only have XP... well not

quite, I wouldn't leave you hanging without giving you a proper dual boot.



here lies the only real issue with installing XP after Vista, but it's a quick fix if you have your Vista CDs/DVD handy.

The problem is that Vista and XP use different boot loader utilities in the MBR (Master Boot Record) of your hard drive. XP does

not recognize Vista, but Vista will recognize XP, so we need to remove the boot loader that XP just put in with the old

Vista boot loader. So restart once more, but this time with your Vista disc in the drive.

MOVIES and VIDEOS FTP Links

new links
ftp://193.40.128.75/pub/0/mov/
few gr8 movies

ftp://82.144.222.116/pub/video/ year wise movie list

ftp://194.187.207.98/video/

ftp://81.92.164.51:21/movies/

http://index.pirn.net/datanet/index.php?not=rus&filter[]=.avi&filter[]=.mpg

ftp://193.43.36.131/Video/

ftp://82.144.222.116/pub/ a great collection of movies

ftp://195.189.82.99/Films/ a big collection of movie DVDs

http://index.pirn.net/stf/index.php?not=rus&filter[]=.avi&filter[]=.mpg

http://index.pirn.net/toru/index.php?not=rus&filter[]=.avi&filter[]=.mpg

http://index.pirn.net/lutt/index.php?not=rus&filter[]=.avi&filter[]=.mpg

ftp://134.169.38.180/pub/ few good football videos and other links

http://films.0x7.net/www.web-hack.ru/ wanna be a hacker ...here are some inspiring hollywood flicks ;-)

http://parkdongho.com/~myfolder/

http://212.122.65.222/drifting/ some car stuffs drifting, shifting, moving , rolling

ftp://ftp.eagle.crimea.edu/Films/ collection

http://www.teroristi.org/komedija/ TV shows

http://83.148.107.117/MEDIA%20SET/index.php?path=Movies/ relegious movies

http://83.148.107.117/MEDIA%20SET/index.php

ftp://194.106.203.20/Video/ A collection of russian movies

ftp://195.189.82.99/Films/ Another movie link..great rather say huge collection

http://82.144.221.221/

ftp://195.189.82.99/Films/Films.MP4/ mp4 format link

ftp://areshkov.la.net.ua/ a big collection

ftp://195.189.82.99/Films/Mults.DVD/

ftp://195.189.82.99/Films/Films.DVD/

ftp://82.144.222.116/pub/video/documentary/ Timeless Documentry

ftp://195.189.82.99/Films/UnSorted/

ftp://193.43.36.131/Radio/MP3/ crazy collection

ftp://80.255.128.148/pub/media/mp3/

ftp://194.44.214.3/pub/music/ world collection

http://3000movies.blogspot.com/

Ascii Table

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The following is a listing of Ascii values.

Dec Hex Oct Char Description 0 0 000 null 1 1 001 start of heading 2 2 002 start of text 3 3 003 end of text 4 4 004 end of transmission 5 5 005 enquiry 6 6 006 acknowledge 7 7 007 bell 8 8 010 backspace 9 9 011 horizontal tab 10 A 012 new line 11 B 013 vertical tab 12 C 014 new page 13 D 015 carriage return 14 E 016 shift out 15 F 017 shift in 16 10 020 data link escape 17 11 021 device control 1 18 12 022 device control 2 19 13 023 device control 3 20 14 024 device control 4 21 15 025 negative acknowledge 22 16 026 synchronous idle 23 17 027 end of trans. block 24 18 030 cancel 25 19 031 end of medium 26 1A 032 substitute 27 1B 033 escape 28 1C 034 file separator 29 1D 035 group separator 30 1E 036 record separator 31 1F 037 unit separator 32 20 040 space 33 21 041 ! 34 22 042 " 35 23 043 # 36 24 044 $ 37 25 045 % 38 26 046 & 39 27 047 ' 40 28 050 ( 41 29 051 ) 42 2A 052 * 43 2B 053 + 44 2C 054 , 45 2D 055 - 46 2E 056 . 47 2F 057 / 48 30 060 0 49 31 061 1 50 32 062 2 51 33 063 3 52 34 064 4 53 35 065 5 54 36 066 6 55 37 067 7 56 38 070 8 57 39 071 9 58 3A 072 : 59 3B 073 ; 60 3C 074 < 61 3D 075 = 62 3E 076 > 63 3F 077 ?

Dec Hex Oct Char 64 40 100 @ 65 41 101 A 66 42 102 B 67 43 103 C 68 44 104 D 69 45 105 E 70 46 106 F 71 47 107 G 72 48 110 H 73 49 111 I 74 4A 112 J 75 4B 113 K 76 4C 114 L 77 4D 115 M 78 4E 116 N 79 4F 117 O 80 50 120 P 81 51 121 Q 82 52 122 R 83 53 123 S 84 54 124 T 85 55 125 U 86 56 126 V 87 57 127 W 88 58 130 X 89 59 131 Y 90 5A 132 Z 91 5B 133 [ 92 5C 134 \ 93 5D 135 ] 94 5E 136 ^ 95 5F 137 _ 96 60 140 ` 97 61 141 a 98 62 142 b 99 63 143 c 100 64 144 d 101 65 145 e 102 66 146 f 103 67 147 g 104 68 150 h 105 69 151 i 106 6A 152 j 107 6B 153 k 108 6C 154 l 109 6D 155 m 110 6E 156 n 111 6F 157 o 112 70 160 p 113 71 161 q 114 72 162 r 115 73 163 s 116 74 164 t 117 75 165 u 118 76 166 v 119 77 167 w 120 78 170 x 121 79 171 y 122 7A 172 z 123 7B 173 { 124 7C 174 | 125 7D 175 } 126 7E 176 ~ 127 7F 177 DEL

HDMI

What is HDMI ? - High Definition Multimedia Interface

HDMI facts.

HDMI is an industry standard digital interface that supports both audio and video data components.

HDMI has quickly become the standard for connecting consumer electronic devices together and was pioneered by a group of companies including Sony, Philips, Hitachi and Matsushita.

HDMI supports standard, enhanced, or high-definition video as well as multi-channel digital audio on a single industry standard cable. HDMI is capable of carrying any type of compressed audio data such as Dolby or DTS.

HDMI can transmit all HDTV standards and supports 8 channel digital audio and up to 5Gbps (Giga bits per second ) bandwidth.

What video types does HDMI support? The HDMI standard can support exisiting high definition video formats of 720p, 1080i and 1080p. It also has the potential to support enhanced definition formats such as 480p as well as the more common formats such as PAL and NTSC. What video formats are supported ? 720p is the resolution of 1280x720 pixels. The p stands for progressive format. 1080i is the resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The i stands for interlaced format. 1080p is the resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. 480p is the resolution of 640x480 pixels with an aspect ratio of 4:3. What cables does HDMI support ? A standard Type-A HDMI connector has 19 pins. A Type-B definition also exists which has 29 pins and is targeted at carrying expanded digital signals for video resolutions greater than 1080p. Is HDMI backwardly compatible with DVI? Importantly the Type A HDMI connector is backwardly compatible with the existing DVI video input that is used on most modern PC video cards. How long can the HDMI cables be ? Typically the maximum length for a 'standard' HDMI cable is about 15 metres, however high performance cables are available and 15 metres (49.2 feet) or more is possible.