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Originally Posted by ddr
y would a TV have/need a toslink out? i can't think of situations where I would want/need that. anything digital would come with their own digital-out.
since my lcd tv is very old i only have 1 hdmi port, and my receiver, also very old, has 0 hdmi and 1 toslink in / out. i own both the monoprice hdmi switch and their manual toslink switch, both work very well.
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For example - if you have a surround sound system with a built-in blu-ray player - usually it only has one or two analog L/R inputs, plus 1 toslink input. Let's say you have a HD Box, as well as an Xbox. All you need to do is plug in your toslink output from the tv straight into your sound system. That way you still get to use your surround sound system when watching TV or playing on your Xbox, rather than having each of their audio outputs going into a switch, then going into the sound system.
Not the best sound possible, but much easier than having a switch box.