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If you've bought a TV, soundbar, or AV receiver at any point over the last five years or so, there's a good chance it has an HDMI ARC port. The "ARC" in that moniker stands for Audio Return Channel, a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) and eARC remove the need for a separate audio cable when sending ...

Over the years, there have been plenty of different ways to get audio into an AV receiver as part of your home theater setup. For components like DVD players, this was always fairly straightforward: ...

Most modern televisions have at least three or four HDMI ports on the back panel, but one of them carries a label that sets it apart: ARC, short for Audio Return Channel. That single port is ...

HDMI was marketed as an easy fix for improving the sound quality of your home theater experience. The reality is that HDMI ARC/eARC don’t always work as advertised. Understanding this dilemma, almost ...

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 @ ...

HDMI can do more than you think.

The HDMI ARC port on the back of a TV. - lidiasilva/Shutterstock HDMI Audio Return Channel, or HDMI ARC, has been around for a while, but it's a technology that remains relevant over a decade after ...