Without HDMI ARC, you would need a separate cable (like an optical S/PDIF cable) to connect your TV to the audio system, as it would be incapable of sending a signal forward through the HDMI port.

At $160 to $500, this hybrid HDMI cable uses copper and optical to deliver 48 gbps of performance in long lengths up to 20 ...

Creating an HDMI video signal however is not so straightforward. It’s not a loosely defined analogue standard but a tightly controlled digital one upon which the clever hacks that eke full ...

DisplayPort and HDMI offer similar benefits depending on the version, but DisplayPort is typically preferable for PC monitors ...

[twl] has a board that does just that, converting HDMI to something these displays can understand, and providing a framebuffer so these displays can be written to through small microcontrollers.

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Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level ...

Optical flats or test plates are polished surfaces that are used as references against the flatness of unknown surfaces for comparison. They use the property of interference to measure the flatness of ...

There is a mathematical side to optical illusions. One professor studies them in hopes of creating a safer world. Man on a roof or ladder against the wall: either way, it just doesn't seem ...

All zoom lenses in film cameras and digital single lens reflex (DSLR) cameras are optical zoom. Digital point-and-shoot cameras as well as consumer and prosumer video camcorders have optical zoom ...

Optical Cable Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of fiber optic and copper data communications cabling and connectivity solutions primarily for the ...

Back in June, the Pixel 8 and newer phones gained DisplayPort Support and the Google Store is now selling a USB-C to HDMI cable just for that. Made by Cable Matters, you use it to “seamlessly ...