There are only two ways to get digital audio between your TV and soundbar, or your TV and receiver, or really between any piece of gear that transmits audio in a home A/V system: HDMI and optical.

If you have a fancy home theater system with a soundbar and surround sound speakers, then how you connect it to your TV is an important consideration. There are legacy options you may be more familiar ...

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Optical audio cables, also known as TOSLINK cables, are essential for transmitting audio signals between devices in your home cinema setup. They are particularly useful for connecting older sound ...

Modular HDMI cables designed for the rigors of custom installations with support for 8K/60Hz or 4K/120Hz at distances of up to 1,000 feet. HDMI connectivity can be finicky, from the dreaded “handshake ...

Optical cable, which was the digital audio transfer method of choice for decades, is starting to die out as Toslink is replaced by HDMI. Through the '90s and 2000s, the optical cable was near ...

They got me with this one: a connectors tier list. After listening to this, I started wondering: what comes after HDMI? I am currently suffering from mis-buying an HDMI cable that goes through a wall ...

Depends on what you are connecting to on each side of the converter and what you want to put through it (what type of audio content) and the resulting experience you want to get. In other words, ...