I don't understand why HDMI or TOS/Link care about the digital format any more than eithernet cares about file formats. The Codec cares, but that should be it. HDMI is a physical transport device. It should simply transport binary data. Only the decoder should care what it looks like.
I have no idea what goes through the minds of the nut jobs that do this shit at the companies. Its was probably for some DRM bullshit.
I decided to post this because I was currently doing some research on audio connections. Because I'm going to upgrade my monitor to a LG OLED TV later this year. And I was thinking of getting a new sound bar to go with it.
Currently I have a Yamaha sound bar connected to my PC via Digital Optical.
After some annoying hours of research I came to the conclusion of connecting my PC to the TV with HDMI (video) & Digital Optical (audio). Followed by connecting the sound bar system to the TV via EARC. Lastly I'll plug my blu-ray player into the TV so I can watch my physical movies that way instead of through my PC.
And this is still easier then how shit used to be decades ago.
You don't need the optical cable to the pc, the hdmi connection has higher bandwidth and quality over the optical. There's no case where you would want to use the optical output over your hdmi for that
I do if I want to use the sound card built into the motherboard vs using the audio chip in the video card.
In my case, my motherboard has a better audio chip than the video card.
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