Hi!
I guess this is to be expected with devices being released in modern
times and the Apple TV is the first device I've heard of not to have an
Optical Digital Out connect or even a Coax 1, the new Apple TV has a
HDMI port so obviously its designed to integrate into a Surround-Sound
Receiver or to plug straight into the HDMI port on the back of your TV -
or at the front if you're lucky enough to have a TV with a front mounted
HDMI port -.
The Apple TV Forth Generation is the first Set Top Box type device I've
seen to only have a HDMI output.
All the other Set Top Boxes I own have at least some sort of dedicated
audio digital output - the Apple TV First generation has Analogue
outputs, coax and optical as well as HDMI, Second and Third Generations
have Optical as well as HDMI - and all the other boxes I have - my
Foxtel Cable Box and my Fetch TV Box - have multiple outputs which
include HDMI, Optical/Coax digital outs and analogue outs but times they
are a changing and the new Apple Forth Generation TV is a sign of the
changin times though I don't think we needed any further reminding <smile>.
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