[mythtv-users] One HDMI question from (Hijacked): HDMI sound issues

[Jean-Yves Avenard]

On 28 August 2013 18:37, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:

> In which case the cable is faulty.  By definition, an HDMI cable must
> put out a signal that meets the HDMI specification.  If it puts out a
> corrupt signal, it is not an HDMI cable.  That is the fundamental
> difference between an analogue signal and a digital one.  There is no
> such thing as a degraded or corrupt digital signal - that is a faulty
> digital signal.

This is still an overly simplified view..
While digital, it's still carried over an electric, fundamentally analog signal.

so yes, there can be losses.

certainly more so with spdif or dvi, where there's nothing in regards
to packet loss detection