Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by petercooper on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:09PM
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It's interesting how silently they dropped the optical line out, I never saw it mentioned. I needed it for something on my iMac Pro the other week and was boggled that it didn't support it. The argument I read about it was the DAC is so high quality now, digital out is simply not needed.
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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by kefabean on Monday October 18, 2021 @05:11PM
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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 or they run a music streaming service or anything!
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by reubenmorais on Monday October 18, 2021 @06:55PM
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I assume because modern HDMI supersedes it. Sucks if you have an old receiver/amp tho.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by bombcar on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:13PM
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I 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.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
by onecommentman on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:36PM
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Optical 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.