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I’m still slightly bemused as to why they dropped optical out from the Apple TV too. It’s not like it’s supposed to be a media hub at the centre of your house o
by kefabean 5y ago
I’m still slightly bemused as to why they dropped optical out from the Apple TV too. It’s not like it’s supposed to be a media hub at the centre of your house or they run a music streaming service or anything!
- reubenmorais 5y agoI assume because modern HDMI supersedes it. Sucks if you have an old receiver/amp tho.
- onecommentman 5y agoOptical out was a real blessing back when electrical connections (iMacs to amps) were noticeably noisy. To go from optical back to electrical just seemed wrong from a tech evolution standpoint. Not hearing a lot of call to rip out multimode fiber in backbone networks and replace it with a shinier coax. But HDMI seems to be meeting the need, and there is always the aftermarket for fully annealed 99.999% oxygen-free HDMI cables to consider.
- bombcar 5y agoI specifically got a device to split audio out of the HDMI stream (technically it just copies it out) to RCA so I can pipe it back into the stereo in zone 2. Annoyingly complex but it works.
- relaxing 5y agoAll the home audio stuff supports audio over hdmi now. One less fragile cable to worry about, it’s great. For legacy equipment you can get a box that takes hdmi in and spits out spdif.
- astrange 5y agoSPDIF has less bandwidth than HDMI and doesn't support formats like lossless surround or Atmos.