[mythtvnz] No HDMI sound output in desktop (Mythtv ok)

[Paulgir]

On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:16:23 +1200, Criggie <criggie at criggie.org.nz> wrote:

> Paulgir wrote, On 17/06/14 18:29:
>> Anyway, when they sell you that 3D TV that sounds like a duck quacking
>> they can also sell you that 1000W per channel digital output
>> stage,sound system.(funny,they never sound like 1000W.Todays watts
>> must be smaller than they used to be)
>
> You're confusing Imperial Watts (W) with Metric Wankers (also W)
>
> Did you know the average sound output for a 50 strong brass band is
> about 5 watts?
>
> Doesn't sound like a lot, I do remember the Woolston (?) brass band
> partaking in an experiment where the subjects were in the middle of a
> circle, and the band were around the outside at a distance of about 10
> metres.
> I can say it put the "measuring scale" for audio speakers in perspective
> for me!
>
The watt is an SI(metric) unit