Come with us into the existence of fantasy , where there ’s just one kind of plug and its associate cable that will work for every electronic machine . What we would like to see is one transmission line that expect audio , video and power to or from whatever gimmick you involve to use . It needs to be modest , it needs to have tremendous bandwidth ( perhaps using fiber optics ) , and it postulate to be saucy enough not to destroy anything you plug it into . It sure would work over the alphabet soup we have to grapple with now .
consider about it : you need an HDMI cable for your household theater equipment that carries audio as well as video , but now there ’s a new transmission line on the path called DisplayPort specifically made for computer displays . Or peradventure you ’d like to hook up your TV to your computing machine via VGA . Then there ’s the one-time - timey composite , element , and S - video connections .
Not digital enough for you ? Let ’s apply DVI , or if you want higher solution , you ’ll need dual - link DVI . Then there ’s digital audio frequency , link up via fibre oculus that ca n’t even make up one’s mind whether it ’s forebode Toslink or the eloquent S / PDIF . Or maybe choose a coaxal connector for your digital audio recording , the same as an RCA plug used to plug into analog sound recording , not that cable TV variety of coaxial .
Want to get in touch intemperate drives ? You could utilize USB 2.0 , or FireWire 400 is just about as fast . desire FireWire 800 ? Oops , you ’ll postulate a different cable for that . What about the newfangled FireWire 3200 ? Yep , it ’ll involve raw transmission line , too . Connecting quicker SATA hard drives is n’t simple , either , because if you want to hook them up internally , you ’ll need an “ L ” connecter , but if you want to use the external SATA drives ( eSATA ) , well , those consumption in an “ I ” connexion , to keep you from using unshielded wires inside a PC . The muddiness travel on and on .
Oh , and by the way , while you ’re plow with this Tower of Babel , you ’ll have to sidestep all the ripoff artists judge to charge you ten times as much for a cable that does on the button the same thing as its cheapest counterpart .
It ’s a mess . Please , someone round off up all the consumer electronics manufacturers , and somehow make them all use the same connectors . But that ’s like herd cat . We told you we were break into the world of fantasy , but anyway , that ’s All Giz need .
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