Tributaries coax / Toslink converter
By Steven Kim 
posted Dec 27th 2007 7:03PM
posted Dec 27th 2007 7:03PM
Wouldn't you know it -- just as we bemoan the lack of a coaxial digital output on the Toshiba HD-A30, a device to address that gripe comes along. Tributaries has introduced its AC100 coax/Toslink converter to keep the digital audio bits flowing over either format for times when you either get caught short on cabling or (worse yet) you've run out of appropriate inputs/outputs. Operation of the 2-inch square box is easy enough: plug in the wall-wart, plug in your cables and set the switch for conversion direction. The unit will pass along PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS; so if you're relying on coax or Toslink for audio (no DD+, TrueHD, DTS-HD or DTS-MA) you're covered. The MSRP of $50 is worth the price of a headache saved, if you ask us. While you can get no-name boxes that do the same thing for less, we're hoping the installer market the AC100 is meant for will get treated to higher quality components.
Can get the same thing from monoprice.com for $11.
Woot, first time being first on an Engadget Blog!
And second :-D
yeah. they act like this is news.
That's expensive!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2321924
cool! very compact
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2321924
I can MAKE one off arround $5 worth of parts.. (maybe just without the nice box)
Radio Shack sold these devices for years for around $20. And that was expensive for the hardware. That thing is a ripoff.
monoprice sells the same thing for $12