Optical fibre is the only thing that's going to survive on the long term (except for subspace communications, that is :^). <SCSI zealot> Luckily, both IEEE1394 and Fibre Channel (duh) support optical links...</SCSI zealot>
Anyway, the reason is probably that a lot of investments have been in copper technology, and the consumer industry (always lagging behind severely and producing unbalanced equipment) won't be fast to switch to new technologies. That's why DVI was a non-solution and these are non-solutions. Most consumer-grade displays (/especially/ LCD) won't even show the difference between a well-generated RGB/HV signal transmitted through a decent cable and the worst DVI signals...
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Optical fibre is the only thing that's going to survive on the long term (except for subspace communications, that is :^). <SCSI zealot> Luckily, both IEEE1394 and Fibre Channel (duh) support optical links...</SCSI zealot>
Anyway, the reason is probably that a lot of investments have been in copper technology, and the consumer industry (always lagging behind severely and producing unbalanced equipment) won't be fast to switch to new technologies. That's why DVI was a non-solution and these are non-solutions. Most consumer-grade displays (/especially/ LCD) won't even show the difference between a well-generated RGB/HV signal transmitted through a decent cable and the worst DVI signals...