If you've bought a TV, soundbar, or AV receiver at any point over the last five years or so, there's a good chance it has an HDMI ARC port. The "ARC" in that moniker stands for Audio Return Channel, a ...

So you purchased a new big-screen TV this Black Friday and want to buy some accessories. One of those accessories is probably some HDMI cable so you can interface with your Xbox, Playstation 5, ...

HDMI was marketed as an easy fix for improving the sound quality of your home theater experience. The reality is that HDMI ARC/eARC don’t always work as advertised. Understanding this dilemma, almost ...

If you want the best audio for your Samsung TV without compromise, the Samsung HW-Q990C is the soundbar for you. It's not cheap (regularly listed for a staggering $1,900), but it's about as robust as ...

I have a Vizio M70-c3. It's a 4K TV that we bought at Costco a couple years ago. It's a lovely TV in lots of ways, but unfortunately we just missed HDR, and only one of the HDMI ports supports 4k @ ...

Soundbars improve the audio experience of your favorite TV series or movies, but are they as effective if you can't connect them to your HDMI ARC port?

I have a Marantz NR1508 and am looking for a way for the remote to turn the TV on/off along with the AVR. I had a fiddle around with the relevant options but can't seem to get this to work. Anyone ...