The technology industry is an ever-changing one. Keeping track of the latest developments is often unachievable. To help you keep track of what’s hot within the technology world, we have put together this guide of the Top 5 Multimedia Cables.
These leads are the 5 most popular leads around at the moment. Hopefully this is not going to only inform you which are typically the most popular cables, but also a little insight as to what each of them is for.
HDMI Cable – HDMI Cables are by far the largest grossing lead on the market. It’s rise to fame is all down to the introduction of High Definition televisions. HDMI cables are used to connect these high def tv’s to hd devices like sky hd and blu-ray players . As with most things like this HDMI is evolving, the current standard is 1.4. HDMI leads are classed as digital cables.
Optical Cable – The optical cables sole purpose in life is to transfer audio between hd devices. Whilst HDMI Cables can carry both Audio and Video Signals, Optical cables can only carry sound. Optical cables are often referred to as Toslink cables, derived for Toshiba, who invented them. These fibre optica cables work by transfering data in the form of light, and are therefore classed as digital cables.
Component Cables – Many people use Component cables as an high definition alternative for connecting their sky boxes or games consoles. However, unlike HDMI cables, component cables cannot carry audio signals. There is a misconception that because component cables are high definition, that are are digital cables, this is not true. However it is still possible to acheive 720p or 1080i resolution through a component cable.
SCART to USB – Beleive it or not, people are still using VHS videos to view old archieved video footage. SCART to USB Cables offer a cheap way to put all of these old videos onto a digital format. This clears the way for you to get rid of that aged Video recorder. You will need software to save the files on your computer, but a good SCART to USB kit will include this software with it. It is worth remembering though that video files can be very large, so make sure you have enough room on your hard drive.
iPod/iPhone Cables – The iPod & iPhone have stormed on to the scence and both are up there as must have gadgets. The 2 most popular cables for these are: The cable used to connect iPods/iPhones to your computer. The second is 3.5mm stereo cables, these are used, for plugging iPods into your hi-fi or car stereo.
Well there you have it, a guide to the most popular multimedia cables. That said, whith the speed tecnology moves at, this article will probably be out of date.
