On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:08:39 -0500, "-Alby Hewlet"
wrote:

| Got it. It's a protocol and a hardware solution.
|
| Sony/
| Phillips
| Digitial
| Inter
| Face
|
| Basically it requires a transmitter at one end, and a receiver/converter at
| the other, if I'm reading it right. one hardware solution is to put rca
| jacks on cat5 cable, and connect that way. It carries stereo on one wire,
| and is a high fidelity solution. Ground loops are a problem.
|
| I'm guessing the ASUS board has the transmitter integrated into it.
|
| Does anybody use this in the home?
|
| The article I found was about a professional audio studio.

Sure. I use the S/PDIF "out" on my audio card to an RCA-type digital
"in" on the receiver that controls my system sound. Along with
regular audio, it enables 5.1 surround sound for DVD movies that have
it (actually 7.1 if my receiver could accommodate that).

Larc



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