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Topic - HDMI vs. Optical; why did HDMI become the standard ? - oscar 19:16:46 01/22/08 (13)

• RE: HDMI vs. Optical; why did HDMI become the standard ? - fmw 02:53:42 01/23/08 (3)
• HDCP could have been implemented over optical. nt - oscar 04:28:00 01/23/08 (2)
• RE: HDCP could have been implemented over optical. nt - fmw 05:20:18 01/23/08 (1)
• RE: HDCP could have been implemented over optical. nt - fmw 05:44:34 01/23/08 (0)
• I thought optical didn't have the bandwidth to handle 1080p video + high res audio NT - Jazz Inmate 21:35:43 01/22/08 (4)
• here are the numbers - Joe Murphy Jr 18:48:36 01/23/08 (0)
• Toslink can't handle the bandwidth, that doesn't mean another optical standard couldn't support it. - oscar 04:47:28 01/23/08 (2)
• True, but labels and studios have piracy concerns and a technology like HDMI is very important to them NT - Jazz Inmate 09:35:17 01/23/08 (1)
• the connection method means nothing to the studios - Joe Murphy Jr 18:37:30 01/23/08 (0)
• cost - Joe Murphy Jr 19:55:07 01/22/08 (3)
• Wouldn't that be simply economies of scale ? nt - oscar 20:07:56 01/22/08 (2)
• Not if you want to get the costs down to a level where affordable players & cables are marketable... - Audiophilander 13:22:39 01/23/08 (1)
• I gotta wonder if mass-produced CE fiber optics wouldn't be any more expensive than HDMI connections. - oscar 05:07:58 01/24/08 (0)

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• Toslink can't handle the bandwidth, that doesn't mean another optical standard couldn't support it. - oscar 04:47:28 01/23/08 (2)
• True, but labels and studios have piracy concerns and a technology like HDMI is very important to them NT - Jazz Inmate 09:35:17 01/23/08 (1)
• the connection method means nothing to the studios - Joe Murphy Jr 18:37:30 01/23/08 (0)