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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If you’re bought yourself a swanky new TV and want to connect it to your A/V system, you’ll have the option of a few different cable types to use. There are classics like 3.5mm and optical, but you’re ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) and eARC remove the need for a separate audio cable when sending ...

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.

Octava Inc., specialists in HDMI solutions, announced the release of a new HDMI Audio Converter. The HDMI Audio Converter consists of: 1 HDMI Input, 1 HDMI Output, Optical Toslink Output and L/R ...

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 ...

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, ...

If you want to connect your new TV to a soundbar or receiver, the easiest way to do it is with an HDMI cable. Nearly all modern TVs and audio gear have an HDMI feature called Audio Return Channel. ARC ...

I recently set up a new TV, and am wondering if it's possible to run the sound from the TV over my HTPC to the receiver. For most things this is fine, since the HTPC is the player, so it just splits ...