More and more we find ourselves tangled in a sea of cables. Cables for everything. They power our phones, our tablets, our televisions. They transfer data between devices that you never dreamed would ever have a need to share data. Our world is connected. Now lets connect you to a world of cables.
Let's talk computers. This is where it all began, right? Serial cables and parallel cables have mostly given way to high speed USB and even HDMI. With today's USB 3.0 interface, you can transfer data at speeds up to 5 Gbit/s. USB cables are used both for power, and for data. The standard connections for USB are USB Type A, USB Type B, USB Micro B, and USB Mini B. There are other variations for special use, but these four are the basics that you will find on most devices. Over time, devices have developed more of a standard of what type of USB connection those devices will use. For example, a large majority of smart phones use the USB Type A to USB Micro B connection. This was due to an effort from the manufacturing companies to reduce waste created when people buy new phones. Old chargers and cables used to become worthless and end up in the trash. With this standard, all old cables and chargers can become spares for the new phone. The standard connection for most printers would be USB Type A to USB Type B.
So, it's home entertainment you really want to know about? Then let's begin with the industry standard for high-definition video and surround sound audio. I'm talking about HDMI. Most people just think of the HDMI cable as something that delivers the picture to the tv. Todays HDMI cables can do so much more than that. Now your television can communicate with your blu-ray and your blu-ray and communicate with your surround sound. This is possible because today's awesome technology has allowed the powers that be to include an ethernet channel in the HDMI cables. Trust me on this. When the machines start talking to each other, we all win. At least until they go self-aware, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. So can an HDMI cable really be an all-in-one solution? Can it say... carry an audio signal from your stereo receiver to all of your satellite speakers? Probably could, but also probably not cost efficient or very wise. Just use speaker wire. Depending on the amount of power you are pumping through your speakers, you could need a small 24 gauge, or you might need a much heavier 8 gauge. Take a tip from the tool man and go with more power. You never really realize how much sound matters until you experience it with more power.
More later on this tangled mess of cables we live in and what we could do to tame it.
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