Comments on Profile Post by rfernand

fiber optic cables seems cool

If you want rock solid hdmi cables just buy Club3d and be done for €15.

"fiber optic cables seems cool" --- that's the problem. Even I think they are "cool!"

Looks like bollocks to me.

Although I do accept that hdmi cables are from equal and can be very uncool. Looks like @Riotvan is "empowering" us with a low-cost answer to that.

/my-usual-cynicism

Well increase the resolution, refreshrate and or length of the cable and you start running into problems. I've bought 4k 120hz cables that couldn't even do 4k at 60hz. Lot's shit out there that doesn't meet spec. LTT and others did some video's on it. Once you run into limitations fibre optic is not bollocks, go over 5m with 4k@120hz and you pretty much need these.

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that! Fibre is totally not bollocks. I used to have 8Mb/sec broadband: along came fibre and now it is 200.

And maybe it is the case that case that html, as it is now, needs to be history. And a fibre-based system would be so much better.

My cynicism kicked in due to the super-marketing-language talk.

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"The THX mission is to empower high-fidelity entertainment"

Eh? What? Funny, though, that the guy's name is Jason Fiber!

So I probably missed out on learning about a good thing because of... my prejudices.

It happens.