HDMI-CEC: Making One Remote Control Everything
The standard already exists inside every recent TV and soundbar, and it usually needs enabling separately on each device before one remote...
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TV and HDMI Connections
More home audio problems start at the back of the television than anywhere else, and almost all of them are free to fix once you know which socket matters. This section covers...
Which HDMI Port to Use for Your Soundbar
One port on the back of the television is built for this job, the rest are not, and picking wrong still produces...
Optical vs HDMI for TV Audio
One connection sends a beam of light carrying compressed 5.1 sound, the other carries everything up to a disc's own lossless object...
Fixing Lip Sync Delay
Most audio that trails the picture is not a broken soundbar at all, it is one setting on the TV or the...
eARC vs ARC: What Changes
One extra letter separates a connection built for compressed streaming audio from one with the bandwidth for a disc's full lossless soundtrack.
HDMI eARC Explained: How to Connect a Soundbar
Four settings decide whether a soundbar plays disc quality Atmos or falls back to stereo, and none of them are obvious from...
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