HDMI ARC vs Digital Optical: Which is Better and Why?

[@ArnaudGohier]

No useless intro. No screaming over excited youtuber. No 10min of filler to go through a simple point. Just precise, clear and concise information. Absolutely great, thank you a lot.

[@Blackdog4818]

Yes, but he didn't give us his opinion on HCQ or Ivermectin to fight Covid. Very disappointing...LOL.

[@williamscheer1481]

Agreed! Doesn’t waste my time with “connect the red speaker wire to the red terminal and the black speaker wire to the black terminal” like some of these yayhoos do. Clear, concise and lots of info.

[@LonghornsLegend]

Dont forget the thumbnail of a shocked face with their mouth open🤦🏾‍♂️ I appreciate all of it too and try to support these channels to show YT that people appreciate not having any of that in a video

[@hesalescompany649]

Like

[@QuincyPoaches]

100% agree. What you said.

[@uniquesoundsolutions]

Thank you for the clarification! I’m an audio video contractor and I install countless sound bars and had a pretty good understanding but you made it absolutely clear the specifics of both optical and HDMI ARC. Thx! A BIG thumbs up!

[@sneikiusas]

How can you be an audio video contract if you dont know even this basic barebones information? :D jesus

[@pauldunning5933]

Are you joking as an installer 😂😂😂you wouldn't know this

[@joshuawkilgore]

Not sure if anyone has done this, but I have an older Samsung TV that I have connected my soundbar to via both HDMI AND digital optical. Since the TV is older, it does not support HDMI arc, but it does support standard CEC functions. By connecting the soundbar through both methods, I have full control of my streaming device, the TV, and soundbar with one remote through CEC while the audio is routed via the digital optical cable. This does limit the audio to what digital optical can do, but it still allows me to control all of my devices with one remote.

[@y87_99Firebird]

I've kept an older setup all around (2010-ish stuff; if it isn't broke, I don't replace it quickly) and have never paid much mind to pushing the best audio through my Sony surround sound until I moved stuff around and all I heard was hissing from the rear speakers. I had a standard 3.5mm to RCA so was just getting stereo. Went optical and that cleaned up nicely. A port I had all the way back on old PS2 and never used it on anything. Now I'm doing so much research on how to make sure everything in my house works at its best...even at its age

[@rsolsjo]

Short answer: in most TVs from 2018 onward, ARC/eARC is better.

[@courtenayblair2279]

Arc has better specs, digital optical has better reliability

[@DK-sj2ph]

Ah no

[@voce3337]

You got it wrong!! If you dont have ceiling soeakers and use 5:1, ARC isnt better than SPDF OPTICAL.

[@13slot28]

Thank you for not feeding us ANY bullshit. Stright to the point. 💯

[@trippplefive]

summary: use hdmi

[@rakibuddin6998]

That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks a lot, Jonah. You've explained everything with perfect visualization. Learned tons of things.

[@tekknokat]

I have moved once and upgraded components of my entertainment center several times recently, and I use ARC (or eARC) since 2015, and 2020 respectively and am certain I will never have need for optical or coaxial audio cables ever again. Every type of 2 channel and 5.1 audio is supported, ARC also allows upsampling to more speakers like 7.1 or 9.2 if you wish, and your AV/ receiver supports it. I like that eARC supports DTS-HD Master and Dolby TrueHD, as well as the object based DTS:X and Atmos. The original ARC can support Atmos with DD+ as well, why streaming services use DD+ Atmos so much. They can mix in the object based sounds without the extra bandwidth of lossless audio, but I think a streaming service with lossless audio movies are still the future, as more people hear the possibility with UHD blu-ray, and home bandwidth increases along with unlimited data plans.

[@koolk2115]

I'm predicting you will have over 100,000 subscribers by the holiday season. Great information.

[@JonahMatthes]

That would be awesome, but we’ll see haha! Thank you very much for the support 🙏

[@bluebayeux]

Hopefully but he really needs to be more interactive with questions. Otherwise, people (like me) just move on so we can find answers. Great content on a tech YT channel without this don't typically grow or sell through affiliate links successfully.

[@frommatorav1]

A week before Thanksgiving and he's at 54K, so 100K seems out of reach by Christmas. However, this video does have close to a million views, which is awesome.

[@Creelick67]

One of the best devices I ever invested in was the Sharc adapter that allows you to use a TV that supports eARC with a receiver that does everything but that. One of the most frustrating things is when you get some awesome, powerful A/V receiver and a new HDMI spec pops up that you want to have.

[@kja9881]

Can I do this with my LG TV earc and surround receiver with digital optical only no hdmi I have an HDMI ARC adapter.

[@Creelick67]

@@kja9881 eARC is an HDMI spec.

[@RarestAce]

This was a great video. You gave a ton of information but made it super simple and easy to understand.

[@JonahMatthes]

Thank you very much!

[@NTDang]

Dude for the past week I searched for a dedicated TV audio channels. Finally found you :")

[@ianmartin5389]

Great video, thank you. I'm an installer of TV's & hook these up frequently. I prefer HDMI ARC due to the remote control having a communication with the soundbar, therefore controlling the volume. Most TV's just work automatically, but like you said, you may need to go to the settings to switch on CEC. Great advice... Cheers.

[@williamkelley4728]

I use optical so, my wife can hear the tv while I use headphones. I have hearing aids. I like to use optical over my hearing aids.

[@intensecutn]

I just switched from HDMI arc to a digital toslink digital cable, and my TV remote still controls the soundbar, just like it did with HDMI arc.

[@Cruzan9]

Dude, I would hug you if I could reach you! I now know why my height speakers didn't work a few years ago. I haven't had a surround setup since 2018 but when I set it up again I'll know what I'm doing. 😄 Thanks for the clear overview.

[@YahyaRivero]

Straight Blast Gym in Buford! I'm a member too

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

One thing you didn't mention - at least on my TV, which is nine or ten years old - is that the digital optical volume control is separate from the TV volume control. In fact, there is NO volume control for my digital optical audio. Turning the TV's speaker volume up or down has no effect on the volume of the digital optical audio. My TV's only audio output (other than an HDMI ARC port) is the digital optical port, so I have my headphones connected to the digital optical port through an analog converter. My headphones have their own volume control. When I watch TV late at night, I mute the TV speakers and listen through my headphones, adjusting the headphones' volume control as needed.

[@badbasegaming]

You nailed it I never really understood arc and EARC

[@justdev8965]

If you fail to separate different sentences with a dot character, how can you possibly hope to understand anything?

[@starmc26]

@@justdev8965 furthermore, how can one say someone "nailed it" when they had no prior knowledge on the subject?

[@deepgeny1]

@@justdev8965 exactly... He is stupid

[@timtucker2007]

Nice concise summary, thanks. I have just ditched eARC in favour of optical, as my TV randomly would revert back to it's internal speakers when using HDMI. This is a common problem as I understand it, so it would be nice to have this covered in a similar way, but I guess is a way-more complex topic.

[@Maver-iq]

I think you need hdmi 2.0 cable to make it work, I believe it won't revert back to internal speaker then

[@justincram5123]

I’m having this same issue with my Samsung smart TV. Do you have your input devices(roku) plugged directly into the TV or passing through an AVR?

[@intensecutn]

My Samsung soundbar kept reverting back to the TV speakers every time I turned the TV off. Then I realised that I needed to choose 'TV arc' instead of 'd.in' or 'HDMI' (I can't remember which one it was). Once I changed the soundbar input to 'TV arc' it didn't revert back.

[@feelda303]

Yup, same issue with samsung tv and pioneer avr. Hdmi arc just randomly stops working and both tv and avr need to be unplugged from the wall to reconnect again. I think it's the arc protocol issue as it's not very standardized across different manufacturers.

[@robertt9342]

I find that with optical, you sometimes need to turn on/off settings on the TV, depending on your setup.

[@jerryx2000]

like what?

[@cybersteel8]

This was really dense and informative! Thanks for not wasting any time and explaining it clearly. I think you could have expanded a bit on what CEC is though, I don't actually know and while you mentioned it a bunch in this video, I don't think you said what it is.

[@kmac540]

Great breakdown - as someone who deals with this day in and day out I only have a minor correction / comment. Toslink absolutely supports 7.1 (DD+ / Atmos) just not in lossless compressed format. Anytime you see DD+ it implies Atmos too - you certainly get more headroom and better (if not very noticeable) clarity / channel separation.

[@dannyboy8474]

Use the movie prometheus when they are returning to the ship and the sand storm hits them. The difference on ARC with 7.1+ is insane. It makes me sad that windows doesn't care about audio.

[@mindrover777]

It does. Good to know. Does toslink support Atmos on soundbar too?

[@KhasrouhRecords]

its all about limitations . HDMI Can Support a wide range of Audio Codecs like Dolby Atmos and DTS-X , the Digital Optical Can't support atmos etc, it only supports Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 old codecs ..

[@David35687]

I’ve got a basic 5.1 audio amplifier connected via HDMI and optical to a Blu-ray player. I use the Amp to send a 1080P HDMI video signal to my 1080P TV. My older TV does not have ARC. With some of my Blu-ray discs with sound formats like HD-DTS, I don’t get the center channel while watching. However, when I send the audio input through the optical cable, I get the center channel. I think the optical cable out of the Blu-ray player seems to translate the newer multi channel format into the 5.1 format that my Amp wants to use. I don’t mind having multiple remotes and I’m afraid to upgrade anything on my system that’s going to end up obsoleting my older components. I am gonna go without upward firing speaker channels and a universal remote, no thanks.

[@paul8926]

You would be very surprised to know how many people don’t know the difference between HDMI ARC and Digital Optical. I always have to school my family and friends on how to connect their gear properly.

[@arajenichs8670]

I have a Bose v35 and a lg oled tv. I have issue w sound delay. My tv has arc and digital optical output. My Bose does not have arc just digital I asked Bose for help and they blamed the tv. Lg blamed the Bose. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. You can email me directly to [e-mail]. Thank you

[@britishagent]

@@arajenichs8670 You turned on audio bypass on your TV sound settings?

[@justkiddin1980]

@@arajenichs8670 Ai.....LG.....ai ai ai

[@UberAlphaSirus]

@@arajenichs8670 The delay is due to the TV, the bose can't see into the future

[@c.p.2979]

Thank you! I bought a stupid expensive LG TV with NO DIAGRAMS showing hook ups I've never had HDMI Arc before and didn't understand the concept. The diagram made it crystal clear. It's not difficult to understand once you've seen that. Maybe you should put out a video like that for all the people who got TV's for Christmas... Like me. Thanks again! P. S. I liked the video and subscribed to your channel. Also I sat through the commercials so you get paid for that too.

[@timwelsh3189]

Sweet as. Even the wife understood your clear conscience explanation. Thanks

[@alexenkovbolshoi4850]

Great explanation, I liked the scheme shown at the end of the video, very close to my case and it really clarified me how to better connect all of the devices. Good job!

[@peng-hsuhuang2106]

Thank you for this video. I've been using digital optical forever and it's time to switch to ARC!

[@MediaSock]

I found that HDMI-eARC is by far the better option just because you can use the TV remote for all your other devices that are eARC compatible, and you can play 5.1 and anything in between up to 7.1 Dolby Digital, 7.1 DTS and much higher like Atmos, though I have to admit that the crispness of the sound when playing 5.1 either on DD or DTS or even on Prologic and stereo does sound a bit better on optical, you notice it especially when listening to high quality 5.1 music, most won't notice it unless you have a good ear for quality or care about that sort of thing, but the convenience, functionality and the higher amount of sound options you can play with HDMI-eARC is just too good to trade, but I guess that's why most Soundbars, TV's, Amp's and DVD players come with both Optical and HDMI-eARC or ARC, it's there for a reason or they would have gotten rid of it long ago, I personally alternate from one to the other depending on what I'm watching or listening to, when it comes to music I use Optical, unless I were to watch a Blu-Ray music video that has 7.1 or Atmos, on my TV it's easy to just alternate from one to the other with a flick of a switch in the settings, for someone like me choosing HDMI-eARC vs Optical doesn't make sense because I love them both.

[@OrangeCrush57]

"though I have to admit that the crispness of the sound when playing 5.1 either on DD or DTS or even on Prologic and stereo does sound a bit better on optical" You must have something wrong with your system. eARC is a much better choice in all cases if your entire system supports it. eARC supports uncompressed audio. There is no way TOS would sound better on any decent AVR. eARC has 37Mbps to represent your audio channel while TOS only has 384Kbs.

[@MediaSock]

​@@OrangeCrush57 I should have been more specific, don't get me wrong I'm in love with uncompressed sound formats like PCM, LPCM, and compressed formats like True HD, DTS HD, Dolby Atmos and DTS X, they are by far the best quality sound format if mastered well of course, and Stereo, 4.0 , 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 sound great on HDMI eARC but having said that when listening to CD's, DVD's, even some ( but not many) BLU-RAY's, 4.0 to 6.1 on optical just has 'slightly' more crispness to the sound, I specially notice it when listening to PCM, and also DTS when playing high quality music either CD's, DVD's or some Blu-Ray's, with prologic, is too low quality to notice it but with logic II x and z I can hear it but it's most apparent with music when listening to DTS neo6 (Music) and above when listening on PCM and more prevalent on DTS rather than DD, music sounds amazing, I'm only talking about the lower formats, just everything above Prologic and below 7.1, TRU-HD and DTS-HD (not 4k UHD's nor SACD's) (not counting Records, they're on a completely different level and setup all together) believe me I'm so into sound I spare no expense when it comes to my system or my Records, MINI's, CD's, SACD's, HI-RES, DVD's, DVD-A's, BLU-RAY''s and nowadays increasingly UHD's, I'm not the only one, I've come across others that say the same thing, I don't know why my system has that effect, maybe it's the type of specific DAC that my system has or the circuitry or processing or upscaling of some kind or something else, who knows, but it's there and I love it.

[@robnation2475]

Thanks! This video explanation is far better than an overly simplified (worthless) diagram of HDMI ARC.

[@laukhengsoon]

Thank you so much, I didn't know about the CEC option, now I can link my TV and soundbar using HDMI

[@epvan2movies]

Great video, gave me the answer, namely that it doens't matter for me which one I use. So I just use the one thats more convenient for me.

[@dadio2005]

Straight to the point and that is how I like it! Great video!

[@valentingheorghe1693]

If you don't plan to occupy an entire room space with "n" number of speakers, placed around and above, or you're not a multichannel sound maniac, you will never need more than a basic Toslink (optical) or SPDIF (coaxial) audio output. All you need is a very good and high quality stereo DAC, with optical/coaxial inputs and external power source, connected to a very good amplifier and high quality full range speakers (that can truly go down to 20 Hz or below). Additionally, you can put together a very good stereo system with 2 main speakers and 2 subwoofers, fed by a clean sounding crossover. Whever you wish for higher audio sample rates, like those advertised by Dolby True HD or DTS Master Audio, keep in mind that being human means that your audio hearing range is only 20Hz-20KHz (only if you are a sound engineer or you are very young). So, no matter how high the sample rate of the source audio signal, you still can't hear those "advertised" frequencies. Higher audio sample rates, above 44.1 KHz are only usefull in audio production or editing scenarios, in order to keep as much as possible from the original sound resolution. After mixing, editing and mastering process has been done the audio material must be delivered in the human audio spectrum hearing range, which is still 20 Hz to 20 KHz. What really matters here, is the bit depth of the audio material, because bit depth dictates how much dynamic range you can put in a material. Dynamic range makes or brakes the audio listening experience. So, don't be fooled to much by advertising and keep your wallet safe and available for other life experiences.

[@UhhhhhnooOOo00oO]

I don't require a description, I want to hear a sound difference. I know the specifics inside and out

[@PWingert1966]

I recently upgraded to Xfinity service provided as Ignite through my provide Rogers cable here in Canada. Since I did this I am no longer able to use Arc with my SONOS beam. It no longer see the soTV. If I switch back to my previous cable box its fine. So I had to move to an optical connection. This works fine. I just don't understand the connection between my cable box and my arc connection to the Sonos Beam.

[@kennethiman2691]

So I need a Ph.D to set up my new TV and related components.

[@generationfallout5189]

So stupid how complicated it gets huh. I need to take a 3 week course just to work this surround sound.

[@ardentlieutenant3390]

Good explanation. As I have 5.1 only, although I could use 7.1, and I can't get the HDMI ARC to work between a LG TV and Arcam AVR 360 I am sticking with optical. Also I can turn on my AVR and control volume with my TV remote through optical. No need for ACR.

[@NFawc]

Surely simply implying compressed audio is a bad thing is somewhat unfair? DTS is compressed but can still sound fab.

[@mumarkhan]

Bravo! On point video and easily understandable. That's how KZbin videos should be.

[@JamesHalliday1960]

Well explained and understandable, At Last ! Someone that get's to the point of the subject. Thank you Jonah

[@vaughnganas3902]

Great video. Have no idea y people dislike this valuable information

[@bcbock]

Jonah, Apple TV 4K doesn’t support Digital Optical. Neither did the latest version of the Apple TV HD. Apple TV 4K does support eARC. I know you didn’t say it did directly, but you talked about Apple TV 4K in the section on Digital Optical at 2:25.

[@AudioElectronicsChicago]

You nailed it. Thanks

[@DokterRoetker]

The main reason for me to choose S/PDIF over HDMI ARC, is that I don't want to lose that HDMI port. My TV only has 4, and they are all taken. I use a Sonos Amp with 4.1 setup, I don't think it would make a difference.

[@justinlemuel7729]

my ps4 HDMI port damaged i myself dont have the capacity to fix it.. jus curious can i use Digital optical to display in the monitor i using?

[@wollysocks1]

Can you help? I have a Panasonic tv & beosoundstage soundbar connected with hdmi cable on TV (no ARC) to soundbar. I am getting lagging on sound on channel4 Freeview. On my TV there is no digital audio output option but there is digital output to use on back of TV! Seems if I use optical cable this will work but will it stop lagging? I hope you can help as I am going round in circles & wasting hours trying to figure this out!

[@brianmullins5957]

Im still happy with my lg soundplates, which only have optical connections. One soundplate is connected to my 2018 samsung qled tv.

[@clarenceshelton5113]

Great video,but can you use HDMI and optical together?

[@cadestark8291]

Great vid, informative and a good refresher even if familiar with the difference! Side note, I’m having the hardest time getting my new setup to work. Upgraded to an LG CX and LG SN9YG, I’m pretty handy with this stuff but I cannot get my setup to work correctly. I’ve pretty much narrowed it down to my Directv receiver I believe. If anyone would be willing to reach out via reply I’d really appreciate some help here. Thanks!

[@xXRenaxChanXx]

Technically, Digital Coax is also a valid option. Provided you use the correct cable and not a random cheap RCA cable because "it looks the same".

[@DylanZ1201]

I’m pretty sure majority of modern TV’s have eARC HDMI now, making digital optical pretty obsolete. My 2020 Samsung has one port, and it was a mid-range model at the time I bought it.

[@robertscott305]

All my components go through my home theater system and in to my TV the only thing that doesn't is internet TV ( streaming TV) and I have the optic out and it sounds good

[@Zerocool0228]

Thanks for your help I got HDMI to work but my monitor does not seem to have ARC at least not that I can see sadly.

[@adrianabshire]

Very good content - I finally know what that HDMI ARC output does! I always though it was an enhance input!

[@MahroGuerra]

Very straight to the point. Thanks a lot for the info!

[@kevinbeverlysr]

Hello Jonah really enjoying ur tech videos pls keep em coming so very helpful I've lock u in lol 😆

[@hfxdronepilot9022]

Great Video...I have eArc and heard you say you were going to do a video on that. I can't fine your eArc video. Have you made it yet? Thanks again.

[@kennethmiller81]

If your a pc gamer use digital optical, the hdmi will show as a second display and can cause problems as some programs will launch on the second display, this is a problem because you can't see a screen that isn't there, optical won't pop a second display

[@jung123456]

Thanks for making it clear!

[@gunarsrepse232]

Thanks for the information. It was helpful.

[@RodgerRamjet]

like.. and of course... subscribed... having more than one type of audio system in the house, and a new tv with hdmi arc ( had no clue what that was, or that it was even on the tv when i got it, got it for 120fps.. not audio ), now i know what to bother with, and what to invest in, for future systems.

[@thebeandog]

This is the video I wanted. :) Thank you.

[@thebeandog]

I'm both frugal and limit myself from participating in "planned obsolescence", hence my audio system is 10+ years old. A stylish, antiquated Sony Blu-Ray home theatre system that, I think, sports only up to DTS-HD "Master Audio" (as they called it). No ARC, def no eARC, so Optical Audio In from TV it is. All I really need is decent quality 2.1 channel sound since my own hearing limitations make anything beyond stereo (plus sub) pretty much moot. Now I understand what ARC & eARC offers (vs. Optical), and for this partially hearing impaired person, it really offers limited value (HD-CEC functions I guess).

[@danpetroni1907]

Very educative video, thanks for the info, definitely sounds way better with HDMI ARC, my personal opinion Thank you, sir

[@PacificAirPhoto1]

Cool, man. Great and clear info and advice! 😊👍

[@M8YM8]

Super helpful video cheers mate

[@robertphillips4155]

Clear and simple explanation, thank you!

[@TechReference]

Explained very well! I’m currently using a Yamaha sound bar that’s attached via HDMI ARC directly to my tv then have my Apple TV connection to another HDMI input as well. I originally tried to daisy chain the sound bar (has HDMI in and out) between the Apple TV and the display but ran into sync issues. The way I stated at the beginning of this comment has seemed to remedy the audio sync issues, but not sure if I’m getting the highest quality possible.

[@patmat.]

That was clear, thank you.

[@georgesaraamonette1782]

Just got a new Samsung Q60C Soundbar, connected with Bluetooth instead of the HDMI Arc. Is this o.k. or should I use the HDMI or Digital Optical to get the best voices? You made it sound like they are the same. Now which set up should I put on the TV: standard, Surround, Game, Adaptive Sound or DTS Virtual-X? We're older 65ish and would like to get the clearest voices if possible. Thanks and best wishes, enjoyed the explanation and break down.

[@djdrummernick]

hdmi Supports up to 32 audio channels and a 1536 kHz audio sampling rate Simultaneous delivery of dual video streams to multiple users on the same screen Supports SA-CD, DVD-Audio, DTS-HD Master Audio™, Dolby TrueHD™, and other high-definition audio standards

[@DumbSkippy]

but only at 24bit 96,000khz if you want 8 channels and TrueHD.

[@Light_Within]

Me not being tech savvy AT ALL... The only thing I understood was... Ahem, "That's a lot to say.... I hope that makes sense". 😂

[@assadr786]

Thank you for making this video

[@bastiaanse3]

So I'm left with the question, which is better? And why?

[@OnexGray]

There is a fairly important key feature that wasn’t covered that I think needs to be pointed out here for Soundbar users: If you connect a Soundbar to your TV using HDMI ARC - the power signal for both the TV and the Soundbar is synced. In other words, when you turn on (or off) your TV with the TV remote, the Soundbar also turns on (or off). If you connect your Soundbar to the TV with a Digital Optical cable however, you will have to manually turn on and off your Soundbar (using either the power button on the Soundbar itself or using the separate Soundbar remote if it comes with one) It’s a little thing, but given the choice the “one power button to control them all” feature that is only available using HDMI ARC is a great feature that shouldn’t be overlooked.

[@JonahMatthes]

Yeah, I mentioned HDMI CEC, but should've used this as an example! Well said!

[@gopalkunallohra6186]

Thank u...my sound problem is solved

[@toddpappas]

Great explanation. Thanks for putting this together!

[@tedwallacemusic]

Thank you so much! It worked!

[@dustinalexander1829]

Thanks for the info. Good video

[@davidjoreline]

Thanks, very informative 😁

[@vatican35]

I personally don’t care about cec. But I DO care about dolby atmos and would prefer to be able to use optical cable just because they’re so much smaller than hdmi and would help a lot with keeping all the wiring behind the tv and receiver neat. Also. Dolby atmos on a sound bar is useless and doesn’t really work so I’m happy using an optical in my bedroom cause it’s just the tv and Soundbar (with fake atmos lol)

[@rondohunter8966]

For some reason my HDMI ARC would not work whereas the optical input worked first time, every time. Good enough for me.

[@curtispazarjr4985]

Great review!!!!!

[@magnusproenca]

Hi. Congratulations for the your channel!! It's very good!! I have a Yamaha RX V683 receiver, and a LG CX 55 conected in ARC mode. When i try to define DSP setup in other modes that STRAIGHT, the AV receiver show "Not avaliable" and not change for the other sound modes. How i can have a solution for this case? Thank you.

[@davidblancas4946]

I recently upgraded my tv and surround sound and hook up my regular 4k hdmi cable in the Arc slot and my Dolby Elevation speakers are not working at the moment. I have the proper HDMI cable coming in. Hopefully that works

[@john-em9lg]

Very helpful, Thank you.

[@madjc0202]

Brilliant info ..thanks 👍

[@jjs71072]

Great Video!!

[@ramonbmovies]

I assume this is an update to your video in 2020 about HDMI ARC? In that one you say Atmos isn't supported by hdmi ARC. But in this one you say it is. UPDATE: I watched another of your videos where you say you made a mistake in the video I mentioned.

[@STASHdadtv]

Amendment to your information on digital optical unless it's same for saying like Samsung with Samsung soundbars you're gonna have to always double check to see if the setting is set on digital optical audio out on a TV

[@driftlessheights6177]

Not enuf HDMI ports? --- OK I think I understand the audio cabling better with your nice explanation. I want to integrate discussion with optimal Video too. When I used to run my various gadgets through my newish Dennon AVR to my HD projector I thought there might be degraded video quality. I dont know if it was my imagination. Now I have a new Samsung qn85a 85" TV to replace projector. TV has 4 HDMI ports (includes 1 EARC port and one HDMI 2.1 port.) But I want to connect ROKU, (for apps not available with TV) , BlueRay Player, Dennon AVR, XBox-1, PS4, WII, PC, and Raspberry Pi (yes I am that geeky). So 8 devices. I assume Dennon AVR should get the EARC port. PS4 get the 2.1 port, The Nintendo and XBOX can attach to the Dennon. The PC and the Pi can have the remaining TV ports or should the BlueRay player go to the TV directly for best picture? It looks like one of the main funtions of the AVR is turning out to be adding HDMI ports. So here is the main question. When I play an XBOX Game attached to the AVR, the video and audio signals go through the AVR to EARC and into the TV, then the audio comes back out on the same cable to the AVR for that surround sound and subwoofer. Is this correct? Is the audio going both directions on the EARC?

[@Midland_Fajita]

Another benefit of HDMI Arc(eArc) is that the volume control of the soundbar is controllable through the TV. With an optical cable, you must use a separate (soundbar) remote to control the volume. If you have a subwoofer with the soundbar you must use the remote that came with the soundbar to adjust the BASS.

[@jayhall7437]

Not true. I have my soundbar connected to my TV with an optical cable and I use my TV/cable remote to control the volume of the soundbar.

[@Midland_Fajita]

​@@jayhall7437Not all TV's support that sadly. The vast majority of TV's do support column control through HDMI-CEC.

[@volmerguirnalda434]

Dude you’re awesome. Thanks

[@carlosflores4104]

This video is awesome 👏

[@saigonmonopoly1105]

light optical sound reciever bit converter ?mean light also carry wave sound?rythym and hz?bass echo hi-low

[@oliverroberts5119]

Checks back of TV for “ARC”... Yeeeeees! 😅 gimme dat Atmos!

[@thetypicalgamer0713]

Nice I work for sonos.

[@earthbreaker]

I remember when they said nothing will be better than fiber optical cable.. To go back to copper wires {only more wires} is kinda a surprising. In my opinion both are kinda a waste if all you use is a 2.0 or 2.1 system. If you use like 5-7 speakers, then yeah you will notice a difference.

[@thethaledwaba8561]

Thanks this helped a lot

[@SHOCKPROOFX]

Thank you!