Reply #47: Thank you for that elucidation [View All]

[quakerboy]

It would seem that its all about how the signal is decoded. I still think we would do better to standardize things, pick some cord type and make it as versatile and universal as possible.

I guess I find it astounding that a "cable" cable, a seemingly very simple wire and connection, can carry the data for a normal TV signal, much less HD or internet service. But given that they can do so, it seems odd that we need 20 different ways to send signals between various devices. And as I think that, the idea of designed obsolescence comes into my mind, and I start getting suspicious.

As to cards, my experience is that once you pop in a card, the integrated video gets shut down. And I have as yet to find a reasonably priced way to have more than 2 video outputs active at once.