The Component & S/PDIF Digital Coax/Optical Toslink Audio to HDMI Converter uses an HDMI Profile 1.2 port which will give you all the connectivity you need in a device such as this. While that would, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 called Apple, and it turns out someone decided to change that part of the audio electronics. No more digital optical. My speakers already have a DAC [digital-to-analog converter] built in, so it ...

The 170iTransport features digital optical audio and component video connectors. ... The 170iTransport sports an external power supply, coaxial digital cable, IR remote and iPod adapter inserts.

Built into every digital audio device, such as computers, tablets, music streamers and smartphones, DACs are fundamental in listening to digital music. A DAC chip converts digital information ...

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 ...

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 ...