Optical Input/output

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12-20-2003, 03:53 AM
Schumacher_Skaife

How much are they, and how easy are they to install?

Dave
12-20-2003, 04:02 AM
Virtualbody1234

Optical Input/output for what? :unsure:
12-20-2003, 08:31 AM
adamp2p

Quote:

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@20 December 2003 - 05:02
Optical Input/output for what? :unsure:

Yeah, for what? :angry:
12-20-2003, 09:48 AM
Schumacher_Skaife

Woops sorry guys! For a PC!

Dave
12-20-2003, 09:50 AM
adamp2p

Quote:

Originally posted by Schumacher_Skaife@20 December 2003 - 10:48
Woops sorry guys! For a PC!

Dave

Still we have no idea what you are talking about!
12-20-2003, 09:53 AM
Schumacher_Skaife

You know how on a DVD player and on Mindiscs there is an optical input, well i know that you can get them for PC's, just wondering if anyone had them and how much and istallation etc.

Dave
12-20-2003, 10:14 AM
Virtualbody1234

Ok. That is still a very unclear question but...

For audio input/output.

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro External I/O Hub Front/Rear Panel Connectors:

- Optical SPDIF In/Out

Look at the bottom of this page: Click here.
12-20-2003, 12:01 PM
3RA1N1AC

you should get a soundcard that has an optical connection.

try one of these:
Creative Labs Audigy 2
Hercules Fortissimo 2 or Fortissimo 3

and some Nvidia Nforce/Nforce2 motherboards (with onboard audio) come with optical spdif connections.

i'm talking purely about optical outputs. optical inputs are a bit more rare and willy prolly cost you more. oh, and the average PC soundcard does not have a digital decoder-- it just sends a non-decoded digital signal to an external receiver, so you do need to have a separate digital decoder (i.e. a home theater receiver with an optical connection).
12-21-2003, 03:41 AM
Schumacher_Skaife

Ok thanks for the help guys

Dave