What is the impact of HDMI linear performance enhancement on home AV delivery?
HDMI CEC - Electronic Control Function
Looking back at HDMI version 1.0, when the HDMI cable connected to the theater equipment, the use of each machine needs to be individually manipulated, the whole process down, quite a hassle. So in order to simplify the control, when HDMI was upgraded to version 1.2a, a new feature was added - CEC, which requires only one person remote control, can control all the machines that support the CEC function, and no longer need to use multiple remote controls.
As a straightforward example, a CEC-enabled player, amplifier, TV, sound wall, etc. can be connected so that when the machine is turned off, all systems can be turned off by simply pressing the power button on the TV's remote control, eliminating the need to turn off the player or sound wall individually. This “convenience feature” is seldom identified separately, because devices that support HDMI ARC and HDMI eARC functions all support CEC downstream.
2 HDMI ARC - Audio Return Channel
In the traditional connection, the transmission of audio and video signals is usually like this: TV boxes, players and other output devices, connected to the amplifier via HDMI. Then the amplifier separates the video and digital audio signals, the video signal is transmitted to the TV through HDMI, the digital audio signal is decoded through the amplifier, the audio output sound.
This looks like nothing wrong, but when the TV needs to transmit sound, the trouble comes. After all, we are in the era of smart TV, TV through the network way to get the source, can be seen as playing local sources. The ordinary HDMI interface, not as a signal source to transmit signals to the outside world; if you want to connect the amplifier or audio, only through the fiber optic, coaxial interface connec