Monoprice Component & S/PDIF Digital Coax/Optical Toslink Audio to HDMI Converter does what it says. While it isn't without its quirks, it does work. Mostly.

HDMI is the new standard for audio/video connections, but a great optical audio cable is just as important. Here are several of the best optical connections.

HDMI ARC and optical are the two go-to connections for sending digital sound from one device to another, but is there a difference between them? Let's find out.

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.

And while the optical cable was the digital audio transfer method of choice for decades, it has started to disappear. More and more products are dropping the optical connection.

Jeff K. has a bone to pick with Apple: I have a great set of speakers that I connected to my old iMac with a optical audio/mini-plug cable through the headphone jack. They had terrific sound ...

The 170iTransport sports an external power supply, coaxial digital cable, IR remote and iPod adapter inserts. It’s finished in silver powder-coated aluminum.

The March system update for the Xbox One will allow the console to output Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound over an optical audio cable via bitstream, Polygon can report.

But which method should you choose? Should you, for example, put an RCA interconnect audio cable between your CD player’s analogue output and stereo amplifier’s analogue input? Or would an optical ...

While wireless audio is likely our future, cables will almost certainly remain part of our audio and home cinema set-ups for years to come. So it pays to know a thing or two about the different types ...