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Change-Out Front TV
MarcRodstein:
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Joel Weiss:
If you're buying new equipment these days TOSLINK is rather unnecessary in most circumstances. It was useful when video and audio had to be carried on separate cables. With the advent of the HDMI standard, both video and audio are combined on a single cable. The system I have installed uses a single HDMI to carry A/V from the DirecTV DVR and the Roku to my receiver/amplifier (for streaming the Roku is a far more flexible device than are most Blu-ray players). An HDMI from the receiver to the TV takes video to the TV (audio is unnecessary because the receiver has already received it from the DVR or Roku.
The only place I could have a use for TOSLINK would be if I used the TV's tuner to receive over-the-air TV signals. In that case, a TOSLINK cable would take audio back to the receiver so I don't have to use the TV's speakers. But since I have DirecTV's add-on over-the-air tuner which integrates with the DVR, this TOSLINK is unnecessary for me since the tuner sends its A/V signals through the DVR.
Bill Sprague:
--- Quote from: Joel Weiss ---If you're buying new equipment these days TOSLINK is rather unnecessary in most circumstances.
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I think the original question was about trying to find a way to get audio into a Sony Home Theater receiver that is a little older than HD TV, so it probably does not have an HDMI option.
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