Which D2H services give STB with optical out.

[sentinel]

Which D2H services give STB with optical out.

I wanted to know Since the HDMI cable connection from STB to AVR might damage the HDMI board, since the STBs are usually low quality mass produced products.
Optical connection to AVR will be a safe option.

Note: My TV (philips 42PFL7977 v7) has an inbuilt STB but does not have optical out (No HDMI ARC either)

 

[sanjivnayak]

Hi.
Almost all HD STB are having optical out to route bitstream 5.1 audio to your A\V receiver for multichannel output.
You can look at Dishtv truHD+ , Tatasky HD, Tatasky UHD 4k etc.