Got a new soundbar and wondering whether to use an HDMI ARC vs optical cable? Here's a step-by-step guide to connect a TV to a soundbar.

If you’ve chosen the optical path, you need an optical cable long enough to stretch from your TV to your soundbar. Optical cables differ in construction — some are much more robust than others ...

Once you’ve matched the optical and/or RCA-style audio outputs on your TV to the matching inputs on a soundbar, all you need to do is connect them using the proper cables. Most soundbar ...

If you’ve chosen the optical path, you need an optical cable long enough to stretch from your TV to your soundbar. Optical cables differ in construction — some are much more robust than others ...

With optical, just plug one end of the cable into your TV or the optical output of a standalone component and the other end into the optical input of your AV receiver or soundbar.

For example, try connecting the TV to your PlayStation by HDMI, and then connect a separate digital optical cable from the console to the soundbar. This will work best if you only ever use one ...

1. Connect the Series X directly to your TV’s HDMI input. 2. Connect the TV to the soundbar using an optical cable. As with the PS5, if you have an eARC-ready TV and soundbar, you can also ...

This once cool cable is dying a very slow death. Here's how it happened. Tech of the past . The official term for optical audio cable is "Toslink," short for Toshiba Link.Developed in the early ...

1. Connect the PS5 to the TV via HDMI. 2. Connect the soundbar to the TV using an optical cable. Finally, if your soundbar and TV both support the upgraded eARC (enhanced audio return channel ...

An optical digital connection uses the medium of light to transmit data through a cable’s optical fibres (which can be made from plastic, glass or silica). An optical cable doesn’t allow noise to pass ...