Fiber optic cable upgrades make some TVs obsolete. Here’s a guide.

Astound, Service Electric Cable TV, Comcast/Xfinity and Verizon Fios are expanding their fiber optic networks. What that ...
Computerworld

The Cables That Bind

These days, it seems as if the world is tied together with network cable. Although we may take a wired world for granted, the consequence is that we rely on wires to connect us to anything and ...
USA Today

Fiber internet vs. cable internet: Key differences in speed, cost and availability

Fiber uses fiber-optic lines that transmit data at the speed of light, whereas cable uses coaxial cables, which are traditionally used for TV service. Fiber typically offers faster upload and download ...
What Hi-Fi?

So your hi-fi has both digital and audio connections – which should you use?

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Today, however, most offer such analogue inputs alongside digital ones – optical, coaxial and USB ...
Ars Technica

Digitial Coax AND Optical Inputs Not Working on Receiver? WTF?

So I got a nice Xmas DVD player deal, set it all up with a optical output to the optical input on my Yamaha HTR-5240 and got no sound. Hooked up the analog inputs as well, and got sound, but I am ...
CNET

Choosing Between Cable and Fiber Internet: What Helped Me Decide

There are several kinds of internet technologies in use today, including satellite, DSL and fixed wireless, but none of them come close to cable and fiber when it comes to offering fast, reliable ...