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The digital optical port is baked into the 3.5mm jack on most upper-end laptops and Macs. Though sadly my MacBook Air does not have one.
by tylerjd 10y ago
The digital optical port is baked into the 3.5mm jack on most upper-end laptops and Macs. Though sadly my MacBook Air does not have one.
- mbell 10y agoThe port isn't the important bit that is added, it's the supporting circuitry and photo diode to drive it that adds complexity to the design.
- DigitalJack 10y agoAnd the little physical switch in the port that broke on my last MBP. My port got stuck in optical mode.
- kennell 10y agoMine got stuck serveral times too. Was alway able to fix it with a toothpick.