The type A HDMI connector is the archetypal ‘standard’ version of HDMI that most users would immediately recognise, and still the most widely used and readily available of the five current connector sizes. They’re by far the most familiar of HDMI connector types to most people and are found on almost every brand of modern TV, monitor, games console and desktop computer

An HDMI type A male connector measures 13.9mm × 4.45mm, while the equivalent female sockets are fractionally larger at 14mm × 4.55mm. Like both the mini and micro versions of HDMI (types C and D respectively), type A is a 19-pin connector designed to carry audio-video signals ranging in bandwidth from standard definition (SDTV) through to 4k UHD