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Fiber Optic Cable: Key to A Reliable Smart Home Routine

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The Ethernet cable has been around for over 35 years. It is difficult to remember a time when you could use either your house phone or the internet via a dial-up connection. This changed when you could use both at the same time but still with an Ethernet cable . The cable got better in terms of speed and reliability. Then we switched over to Wi-Fi and modified Maslow’s pyramid to put Wi-Fi as a basic need. While wireless connectivity is great, the internet is faster when data passes through a cable. With every iteration of the Ethernet cable, the aim is to improve upon the speed and reliability. Devices we use nowadays run on the internet. Our use of the internet is so much that we have refrigerators with screens and smart ovens that have cameras to see how much your food has cooked. As our dependency on the internet increases, so does our need for speed and reliability. This is where the new type of cable comes in: fiber optic cable. Fiber optic cable has a strand of...

HDMI vs Optical Cables: Which one to Consider?

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It’s about connecting your shiny new soundbar or AV receiver and having to decide between HDMI cables and Fiber Optic Cables. As home theater systems get more and more complex (Including wiring). Back into the good old days, all that you need was a coaxial cable to get the audio and video signals to your television set. Unlike today, to align your system with sound, Blu-ray players, and high-definition programming, you will have to go through a tedious set-up procedure. One major decision includes choosing the right cables: HDMI or Optical. So, to help you make an informed decision, here are their pros and cons. Going To The Basics Both HDMI and optical cables pass the digital audio from one device to another. There is no difference when it comes to passing multi-channel audio like Dolby digital. The major difference is that HDMI cables can pass higher resolution audio which includes formats found on Blu-ray like Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master audio. Fiber optic cables w...

Connectivity Propellers That Make Your Computers Work

The human brain is connected with different organs like eyes, nose, ears, etc. through neurons. As the organs sense different activities, the message is further carried to the brain while the brain interprets these impulses and acts accordingly. The computer network in this 21st century with a high level of increased usage, functions very similar to the human body. The similarity persists in the ways it is networked. The brain is the central processing unit (CPU) of the human body and the network of neurons connects it with the different organs. It is quite astonishing to know how neurons create a network of impulses in the human body. But how does a computer network connect with the devices? It certainly does not create its network using neurons. So what creates a computer network? How are different devices plugged into the computers? The answer is using  Universal Serial Bus(USB) Cable, Fiber Optics Cable, Networking Cable . These are the connectors which are used for con...