Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 11/10/07 22:55

In article <06ecj3pnk0g5vvn2643odgnpg196pup2ie@4ax.com>,
ChairmanOfTheBored <RUBored@crackasmile.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:16:33 -0500, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately it is still true. It is a bandwidth issue.
>
>
> Fiber optic interfaces have greater bandwidth than copper does.
>
> Perhaps the I/O electronics used in the TOSLINK spec do not, but fiber
> itself is certainly far faster than copper could ever be.

True, fiber does have good bandwidth.

It isn't the fiber it is the spec. Both the fiber optic and coaxial
digital connections are set to a maximum BW that doesn't cut it for the
newer codecs to be bitstreamed. Only HDMI 1.3 supports that, as well as
LPCM 5.1/6.1/7.1 It is a design consideration.

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