Optical Might Be Better Than HDMI ARC For You... Here's Why

The cable that I didn't know exist. I started using it today as output from my HDMI extractor

My Epson projector has 2 reg hdmi ports and my Bose 900 has only hdmi arc or optic. Will using the optic on the 900 and converting it to hdmi on one of the hdmi ports and fire stick in the other hdmi port on the projector. Will this work? Please help thanks

A Toslink cable is what I used on my older Pioneer VSX-D508 in our living room. It impressed my buddy while watching Mr. Brooks using DTS decoding from the DVD. Now I am using the same optical digital toslink cable from our Samsung UHDTV 50" flatscreen to our Vizio soundbar. Very good sound with NO hum nor RF interference of any kind. Never knew this format came out in 1985. Still a good idea to use today.

I just purchased a Bose smartsoundbar 900. My Damsung tv has ARC hdmi connectors and optic connections too. I am wondering if optic would be better being that I only have ARC hdmi? What is your opinion on this?

This would be a great video if it was in Wnglish,,,
Can’t understand a word this guy is saying,,!
lol j/k
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i find that HDMI arc gets my audio and video out synch.

Informative video. I was wondering about the old, reliable optical cables.... I recently upgraded from an old, 2004 Pioneer 7.1 non-HDMI receiver... a unit with all RCA connections. That old. With that receiver, I used an optical cable for years... The sound started dropping out so I recently bought a Pioneer DSX-935, 7.2 receiver, equipped with HDMI 4K and 8K capabilities (for my 8K TV) and of course, the eARC return. What a pleasure! I bi-amped the towers with the Surround Backs and run the system in 5.1. Sounds and looks superb.

This is good for yesterday smart TVs but their is no longer any difference.

Good video!
Is there any adapter to change optical into 3.5 or 1/4" audio?

My problem is my sony amplifier comes on by itself while looking at my sony Bravia TV.

You saved me spend Rs 50,000 (INR) which is 700$ approx to buy a new Denon receiver. I don't need to buy it now as my TV remote is control to control the audio reciever.

I just use Earc because I'm lazy and I like not having to use 2 remotes...

I use Tewtross DAC Digital to Analog Audio Converter (SPDIF Optical to Aux) with an AUX splitter. So I am using my TV, Soundbar and 2.1 Speaker system all of them together. With bypass all are in sync and no delay. Wonderful experience. Maybe in future I will buy a good earc sound system to use with my C2.

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Any tips.. My TV and amp are arced. Both have dolby digital 5.1 codecs and much more, but won't work with chromecast with google tv nor with regular chromecast. It only sends compressed audio. Only 3 tv channels via cabel support dolby digital witch is the minimum sound that I want.
The sound comes out as PL2C OR DTS neo 6.. The chromecast is plugged to tv. Should I try and connect it to amplifier? The arc functions perfectly, but sound is not up to my what I want.. The same with connecting a laptop to tv via hdmi. No dobly digital..
I have tried and tried and tried, but can't get this fixed..Any ideas?

hdmi is not good, i prefer optical and digital conecction,
i used hdmi and my tv and receiver and dvd or blue ray work so bad,

Dear Sir, How can I connect the 9.1.2 Dolby Atmos soundbar with analog audio out on TV? Request for your guidance. My TV is a Windows OS-based TV. In spite of the Audio out (analog) port, it has two other ports HDMI & HDMI IN. It has an RS232 port as well. Please help

75 4k tv and a Yamaha 7.2 receiver not 4k so use optics?

I have a LG TV I believe has ARC, but i have a Bose Solo 5 Sound bar that I connect to the tv using optical because it does not have HDMI. I am searching for a solve because my PS5 has good sound quality through sound bar cinematically but voices drop. I can't sort out if it is the PS5 or the streaming service or game because it happens in a variety of applications. I could play a movie in Paramount Plus and Appletv will handle it fine through same setup but PS5 will play all sounds except voices. My setup is HDMI to every device except optical to the sound bar; all connected directly to tv. Any help is appreciated, if there is a video addressing PS5 sound issues with solves and setup. thanks

Hi brother.
Can we make bluetooth speaker and hdmi work together?

If everybody changes from Optical to eARC HDMI then the industry will quickly come out with a new standard and call it eARC+ or eARC 2.0 or some other trendy nonsense and ultimately our present home theater systems will be obsolete overnight. Starve the beast and be happy with Optical. Optical delivered everything it promised over 20 years ago and it works perfect today for 99.99% of the households that use it. The industry is taking the consumers for fools. Anything above 5.1 is a waste of money with diminishing returns. Most audio from television and movies is so horribly mixed that it renders Dolby Atmos, THX, Dolby DD+, Dolby LGBTQ and blah blah blah and all the other alphabet formats useless. I've ditched the whole scam and going back to 2 channel stereo.

Optical has great bandwidth however, it cannot control eARC full integration. So, no thanks for this suggestion. eARC supports ATMOS as well better.

You know, it's amazing how many people covering the subject forget to talk about what's important for quite a few people personally, I have a PlayStation and Xbox, a 3-D Blu-ray player. My Roku device all hooked up. Nothing was covered in that. Also you didn't say anything about transmission speed if I'm playing on my PlayStation, which is better for me to use because I noticed quite a bit of significant lag when I use an HDMI cable through my Panasonic elite system but if I use my headphones there's zero lag whatsoever so it's being lost through the eARC channel

It's not better

i use high quality optical. it is just as good a coax.

My LG TV only has arc. My 5.1 sound bar has earc. Can you suggest adapters that can convert my TV arc to earc to hear better sound than before.

My tv only has ARC can i GET A receiver to upgrade to Earc sound?

I need 2 eARC in and 1 eARC out switch, any suggestions?

I need a suggestion
I have a B6 series soundbar from samsung and my tv is also from samsung the problem is my tv supports Q-symphony but my soundbar doesn’t
But my tv also supports dual sound via optical shall i switch to optical for dual sound or should i continue to use my soundbar via hdmi Earc
Any suggestion is appreciated
Thanks

I can use my tv speakers as channels if I connect an optical cable making my 5.0 soundbar 7 but I'm wondering if it's worth the loss of vertual Atmos?

My samsung q60 synced in my older klipsch soundbar that only has opt Im able to use my tv remote to control my soundbar. My sony .google tv doesnt do that

Good video. My old 4k tv worked fine with my receiver i plug my computer into my receiver and then the receiver into the TV but this new 4k TV i bought it says no signal. When i press menu it shows so im going to have to try optical because my comp works fine when plugged direct into the TV but not through the receiver

Do i need a hdmi 2.1 cable for earc? or can i use a normal hdmi cable

Why are you wearing a coat? Is your house really cold? 😢

I got a lot of electronic noise using ARC until I changed to optic

ive been using a cable for about 5 years and its started to do strange things to the TV from the laptop so ive ordered a fiber cable , i think the plugs might be a bit worn out

i use an optic fibre HDMI cable for a longer length. Works perfectly; no issues with this kind of cable, with my Sony Bravia TV.
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If there's one thing I can't put up with is radio frequency interference, hence the reason my HDMI cables are shielded but there's no point shielding your HDMIs unless one has already shielded cables of length first. After all unshielded cables act as antennas for attracting RF and the longer the cable the better the antenna!

Thanks this was very educational.

I put hdmi to my soundbar, and max volume was 40 and verry low sound. Then i try optical, max volume 100 and better sound. How is that possible? I have LG sp8ya

With an eight-year old TV and sound bar, I find things work best when using both. They are connected using both an HDMI cable and digital optical cable. The HDMI-CEC is turned on and the ARC is turned off at the sound bar. Using this arrangement, the power and volume controls work perfectly, and there are no audio sync or drop out issues.

Is it possible to control the Sonos volume (amp via optical) with the LG Magic Remote?

I think I have the opposite of what most want. I don't want to turn my sound bar on every time I'm watching TV. The built in speakers are fine unless I want to watch a movie that's why I just use optical.

Will optical cable works from a 4K Tv to a old Bose surround system that has optical input? Thanks

It's all confusing. I just need to connect a tv and a projector to a soundbar that takes HDMI arc or optical. How do I connect both of these to the same soundbar? I'd be running a blueray player to both plus the TV is Roku and I can use a Roku stick via HDMI thru the projector. Please help. I'm missing something

I want the audio benefits of eARC, but also want the video signal to go from my pc in another room so will likely need an optical cable. How do I get the best of both worlds? Wanting to run above 5.1 system.

Thank you very much for the information. Great video.

Optical transmission is what has made the internet possible, with not only single channel speeds up to 400Gb/s, but enabling up to 40 such channels on a single fiber and running tens of miles of distance.
BUT the HDMI mafia insist on ww2 era copper cables that are thick, heavy, expensive and short for us to connect our displays.
Free market promotes the best technology and lowest cost? Not if it’s a mafia controlling it.

Is it worth getting a optical to hdmi for a surround sound system as atm im using aux. Worth upgrading even if its just optical?

Here's how to know if optical is better.
Does your sound receiver support arc. If no the go with optical.