Re: Unwanted SCART lead switching

["Matt Pavall" <matt@xxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Yeah I spotted this as I was surfing around looking for some sign of
progress in this area.  My worry is that Sony haven't/won't publish
the specs and so everyone will come up with their own protocol.  I
found this though, so there is hope:  http://www.havi.org

I know what you mean with the 100 quid cable, when I bought my
surround amp the bloked said I HAD to have a digital-compatible 80
quid 2ft RCA coax cable from the DVD player.  Knowing better than
that I went on to plug in an old two-quid-something cable, works
perfectly.

Cheers,
Matt


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Steve Clark" <steevc@y...> wrote:
> Matt,
>
> I've seen that Sony are doing something along these lines with one
of
> their audio lines. See
>
> http://www.techtronics.com/uk/shop/614-sony-lissa-network-audio.html
>
> And not silly money either. Just wait for one of the cable
companies
> to bring out a 100 quid firewire cable ("...for enhanced highs,
lows
> and Hi Fi mag BS...")
>
> Since everything's stored digitally these days it's the way to go.
>
> Steve
>
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Matt Pavall" <matt@r...> wrote:
> > Having just spend the better part of the weekend (ok, slight
> > exaggeration but it felt like it) trying to hook up TV, VCR, DVD,
> > OnDodgy box and the PC/SnapStream in some sort of workable
fashion
> it
> > occurred to me; why can't all these devices (all but one are
> digital
> > anyway) be interconnected with say Firewire interfaces in some
sort
> > of bus system.
> >
> > I must have well over a 150ft of cables behind the TV and stereo
> > cabinets and I still can't connect from anywhere to anywhere,
i.e.
> > there aren't enough Scarts etc, so I can't watch OnDigital while
> > recording a DVD to tape (Ok, that's not likely to happen but you
> get
> > the point :-)
> >
> > Is there anywhere we can lobby for standardised digital
> interconnects
> > for all home audio and video?  I'd be the first to sign up! :-)
> >
> > <steps off soap box>
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Matt