No the optical cables will be much more expensive then electrical.

The intelligence in an optical cable will be two transceivers.

Instead it had five or six different jacks for optical cable.

Or, for that matter, run it on optical cables.

At the other end, a shining white box sat alone, linked to the others by thick optical cables.

Several small black boxes were connected to the thinker by optical cables.

"We're in," he told the others, and unplugged the optical cable.

Several processor blocks had been plugged into its base with optical cables.

When the new optical cables will be available, and for what price, has yet to be determined.

After release, the game received further criticism from fans for the lack of surround sound support when using an optical cable.