Hi Kawal, I meant a stereo or home theatre surround sound receiver. I am not sure if you have a stereo system and if so if it is a portable system or if you have a system with components such as an amplifier/receiver, a CD player, speakers etc. Most newer amplifyers or receivers have a number of input connectors which allow you to hook up things like CD Players, DVD Players and so on. Anything that has video as well as audio like a DVD player, satellite or cable box typically use the so-called HDMI connectors which stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. Both sound and video are transmitted in one cable. A optical digital connection transmits audio only and it is also a common input on most newer amplifyers or receivers and by "newer" I mean anything that is not much older than 10 years.
I don't think you can connect an Apple TV to an iMac and I don't see much reason why you would, but that would be a question for somebody at the Apple store where you are buying your iMac. The Apple TV is a "consumption" device, it is basically a simple interface which gives you access to various sources of media including iTunes, third-party subscription services such as Netflix, publically available stuff like Internet Radio and YouTube and media in your own iTunes library on your computer. It is designed strictly to stream this content on a TV either by connecting it directly to a TV with an HDMI cable or to a receiver with either an HDMI cable or optical cable. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
