Fine HD

You’d be hard pressed to find a TV without some sort of extra box attached to it these days — and with each box comes another remote. The sad part is it doesn’t have to be this way, nope, the necessary interaction between devices really isn’t that complicated. The problem is the devices just aren’t designed to work together, but that isn’t because the industry hasn’t tried. All the political reasons aside the technology to let your cable box carry on a two way conversation with your TV and other equipment does exist

Read more here:

HD 101: IR blasters, HDMI-CEC, RS-232 and IP control

Related posts:

1. HD 101: IR blasters, HDMI-CEC, RS-232 and IP control — Engadget HD
2. Wireworld’s Platinum Starlight HDMI cable is only $1,000, better than your HDMI cable
3. NXG Technologies is first with HDMI 1.4 cables for the 3D HDTV you don’t own yet
4. HDBaseT to replace HDMI as HD video standard? | Electronista
5. Blue Jeans Cable shows off 100-ft unamplified HDMI cable