They look identical, but HDMI and HDMI ARC ports are different. Discover the 3 hidden ways these ports handle your sound.

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With the increasing demand for immersive home entertainment systems, it’s essential to have a clear understanding of HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) and HDMI eARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel). We ...

If you aren't using the eARC or ARC port, you're stuck with HDMI 2.0, and that means your speeds are limited to 18 Mbps. That's not inherently bad, especially since it doesn't stop you from getting ...

Let's face it: TV speakers are not any good. You probably have had to turn your TV's volume up to 40 or 50 to really be able to hear it in a larger room and, if you've mounted the TV, you might be ...

Once you’ve got your new TV out of the packaging, you’ll no doubt spend some time studying the inputs on the back. You’ll work out which cable goes in where, and may have noticed that one of the HDMI ...

I have a Vizio M70-c3. It's a 4K TV that we bought at Costco a couple years ago. It's a lovely TV in lots of ways, but unfortunately we just missed HDR, and only one of the HDMI ports supports 4k @ ...

The Sonos Arc is a great soundbar, but it would be even better if it had two HDMI ports to get around the limitations of TVs that lack eARC support. The Sonos Arc is an exceptional soundbar, and not ...

Modern TVs come equipped with multiple HDMI ports on them. So to get the best visuals from your devices, it's good to know the data transfer speeds of each.