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What's the Matter with HDMI?
mrnomas writes with a link to the Audioholics site, which wonders why the HDMI standard is such a mess? The article's author suggests that the format was designed for the benefit of the content-producers and not the consumer. The result is a signal that's hard to route and switch, as well and unnecessarily complicated cable assemblies. They reach back to the DVI standard to see what might be done to make HDMI a little more consumer-friendly, with numerous technical elements woven through the discussion. "DVI lacked a couple of things which the consumer audio/video industry wanted. It was implemented on a variety of HD displays and source devices, but it was confusing for the consumer because of the many variants on the standard and different connector configurations, and it didn't carry audio signals. A consortium to develop and promote a new interface, HDMI, was formed; the idea was to come up with a standard which could be implemented more uniformly, was less confusing, and offered the option of routing audio signals along with video."
What we need is an Open Source standard for connecting audio and video devices. That way every piece of gear would have a consistent interface and connections, and it would be easy to configure and understand.
Especially for people without specialized technical expertise.
Three Squirrels
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You're forgetting the $81 Best Buy/Monster surcharge.
Maybe what's really wrong with HDMI is that it's yet another acronym. Call it SuperAwesomeFunPlug or something like that instead.
Stupid boring technology companies.
What is is all that is. Isn't that obvious?
"audio is visibly ahead of the video." Man, what kind of a TV are you using? I want to see audio...
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SuperAwesomeFunPlug has already been patented.
Note:
Do not do a google search for SuperAwesomeFunPlug if you value your sanity.
Trolls: The high-tech version of those morons that scrawl obscenities in public bathrooms.
Your search - SuperAwesomeFunPlug - did not match any documents.
Also, after searching and copying the results, firefox crashed. Evidently there is some form of conspiracy going on involving a "SuperAwesomeFunPlug" and someone dosn't want us to know about it. *sound of door being broken down in the background* They have come for me! Tell the people! Dont let 7T$&@Y@&@$
All misspellings and grammatical errors in the above post are intentional and part of my artistic expression.
Man, what kind of a TV are you using? I want to see audio...
He's using one of those new-fangled "LSD" TVs.
Ha! You just described my brother's setup perfectly. His wife thought that hanging the nice new LCD screen above the fireplace was just spiffy, because some boob on HGTV said it was the way to go. The one smart thing we did was to rip a hole in the wall and run the cables from the back of the TV to a media cabinet in the corner (two HDMI, Component, and speaker cables). We also added an empty conduit for future expansion. Bottom line, this beautiful screen that cost him over $2K gets covered in soot every time they use the fireplace and you end up needing a chiropractor after craning you neck for 3+ hours while watching a ballgame. Stupid, just stupid.
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Do not taunt SuperAwesomeFunPlug.
I'm personally a big fan of the gold-plated optical connectors. What, are you worried that the photons are going to corrode?
Cheers,
IT
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Reading through this made me realize that everyone is not really getting it...
These "cables" that we are using to connect devices are really just noodly appendages. Before you can truly understand how these noodly appendages work, you must embrace the FSM, and make Him a part of your life.
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