No, unfortunately for many the only output the new Apple TV has is a single HDMI. I guess Apple assumes everybody has to use the TV anyways even for music to make your initial selection which is of course true unless you ue Voiceover. But I even heard Brian Tong or whatever the guys name is (he does the Apple Bite Podcast) complain that the optical output is gone.
For all who have a fairly new surround sound receiver this wouldn’t be such a big issue since they pretty much all have multiple HDMI inputs, but then again there is a movement away from having surround sound receivers and all the speakers given all the new wireless soundbars that are available which connect wirelessly to Subwovers and rear speakers. One could of course get an HDMI to RCA converter and I assume there are probably even HDMI to Optical or HDMI to Digital Coax converters if somebody wants to feed a digital signal into their receiver or soundbar, but Apple could have definitely left that optical output on there, I doubt it would have added a lot to the cost of the device. I believe there are even HDMI splitters if somebody wants to hook up a TV and connect to a receiver at the same time. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 4:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A question about the new Apple TV with connections to stereo It was my understanding that the fiber optic connection was still present on the new apple TV. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Merv Keck Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 2:11 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: A question about the new Apple TV with connections to stereo I have been looking into other options as well. Right now there is an inferior sound bar on the Television and Apple TV because the Television does not have an Optical connection. We were told at the time of purchase that it did have one and by the time we realized it did not it was too late to return it. 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