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In Reply to: RE: HDMI vs. Optical; why did HDMI become the standard ? posted by oscar on January 22, 2008 at 19:16:46

There's a reason that the only time you see high quality fiber connections (ST) in consumer electronics is when you get to the High-End audio gear (Wadia, Krell, Accuphase, etc): real high quality/high bandwidth fiber optics (not TOSlink) is more expensive to implement vs HDMI when you add up the costs for interfaces, chips, etc.

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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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