The Monoprice S/PDIF Digital Optical Audio Cable is an excellent budget-friendly option. The 6-foot length is suitable for most people's needs, and it features full-size TOSLINK connectors on both ...

Thanks to the optical cable and its unique connector — known as a TosLink (a shortening of Toshiba Link) connector — we could send a digital audio signal between two components for the first time.

When hooking up an audio system or sound bar, you generally have to choose an HDMI or optical digital audio connection. Find out which one is better and why.

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 ...

I need to get one of these digital optical cables that is 20ft long.I see 3 versions:Monster Cable $79US eachBelkin $99US eachStar-Tech $15US eachNow I know ...

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 ...

Starting in 2006, Apple incorporated support for S/PDIF, an optical digital connection standard that uses a fiber-optic cable with a Toslink connector or through Mini Toslink, which is compatible ...

Right now, the system can only output DTS Digital Surround, or uncompressed stereo, 5.1 or 7.1 audio, over HDMI; if you’re using an optical cable, the console currently supports uncompressed ...

I placed this one behind the receiver so that I could use the shortest (and least expensive) HDMI cable possible. I got one from Belkin that is a foot or two long. Perfect for this application. Now, ...

Toslink, an optical fiber connection primarily used for audio transmission, is typically limited to distances of around 10 meters. However, Benjojo's experiment stretched this distance to an ...

In our experience, we generally find coaxial connections sound better than optical ones. Despite coaxial cables carrying ground-level noise (something optical cables do not), they have greater ...