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The world of multimedia players can be confusing for a newcomer. So many wires, so many weird acronyms. We would like to help you with that.
As you can see, there are several options when it comes to connecting 2.5" Xtreamer player to your TV.
RCA
An RCA is a type of electrical connector that is commonly used in the audio/video market.
Decent enough quality, and you can find them almost in any TV. With this connection, you\'ll usually see a yellow cord for video, a red cord for the left audio, and a white cord for the white audio.'); return false">RCA connection
An RCA connector, sometimes called cinch plug or lotus plug, is a type of electrical connector that is commonly used in the audio/video market. The name "RCA" derives from the Radio Corporation of America, which introduced the design by the early 1940s to allow mono phonograph players to be connected to amplifiers.
Decent enough quality, and you can find them almost in any TV. With this connection, you'll usually see a yellow cord for video, a red cord for the left audio, and a white cord for the white audio.
Optical Audio
TOSLINK
TOSLINK or Optical Cable is a standardized optical fiber connection system.
Its most common use is in consumer audio equipment (via a "digital optical" socket), where it carries a digital audio stream between components such as MiniDisc and CD players and DAT recorders. '); return false">TOSLINK or Optical Cable is a standardized optical fiber connection system.
Its most common use is in consumer audio equipment (via a "digital optical" socket), where it carries a digital audio stream between components such as MiniDisc and CD players and DAT recorders.
HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It represents a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as Radio Frequency (RF) coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, and VGA. '); return false">HDMI
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.
HDMI supports, on a single cable, any TV or PC video format, including standard, enhanced, and high-definition video; up to 8 channels of digital audio; and a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC
CEC allows up to ten AV devices to discover and communicate with one another over a HDMI connected system.'); return false">CEC) connection. The CEC allows HDMI devices to control each other when necessary and allows the user to operate multiple devices with one remote control handset.Because HDMI is electrically compatible with the signals used by Digital Visual Interface (DVI
Digital Video Interactive (DVI) was the first multimedia desktop video standard for IBM-compatible personal computers.
DVI technology allowed full-screen, full motion video, as well as stereo audio, still images, and graphics to be presented on a DOS-based desktop computer.'); return false">DVI), no signal conversion is necessary, nor is there a loss of video quality when a DVI-to-HDMI adapter is used. As an uncompressed connection, HDMI is independent of the various digital television standards used by individual devices, such as ATSC and DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is a suite of internationally accepted open standards for digital television.'); return false">DVB, as these are encapsulations of compressed MPEG
MPEG refers to a set of standards created by the Moving Picture Experts Group. MPEG refers to several video, audio and container formats.'); return false">MPEG video streams (which can be decoded and output as an uncompressed video stream on HDMI).
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25th of October, 2009
