HDMI or optical sound best for Dolby channels

[arijit007]

From past 1 year i used ARC HDMI audio output..
Recently i tested sound with optical output (via TV, not via STB) and i was blown away with the sound quality.

In STB audio settings >> change HDMI audio to DD+ and output audio via TV.

If you output audio via STB >> Optical, then you would not get DD+, as output audio via STB supports only DD (i could be wrong here.. check before proceeding)

yes I agree with you Optical out from TV to Home theater gives you all sound in digital quality, be it a pen drive, casting from laptop or phone, a good quality optical cable does wonders.
Always remember to keep the TV sound setting to Automatic in the external speaker settings.

 

[Iharish007]

yes I agree with you Optical out from TV to Home theater gives you all sound in digital quality, be it a pen drive, casting from laptop or phone, a good quality optical cable does wonders.
Always remember to keep the TV sound setting to Automatic in the external speaker settings.

Many tv's doesn't have Optical input option.

 

[Gowmara]

Hi shrey7,

Can you directly connect STB optical (select Dolby Digital or stereo) to HT and tell me the sound quality. Also STB HDMI (Dolby Digital) >>TV Optical>>HT.