While thanks to HDMI Toslink is not so often used to connect a DVD player to an A/V receiver although Audio Quest has refined & renewed our line of serious high performance Opti Link cables. Toslink connectors are common on cable-boxes TV sets subwoofers all sorts of products. & now the 3.5mm Mini Optical connector also somewhat incorrectly known as Mini-Toslink is everywhere … from the 3.5mm dual-purpose headphone jack on a Mac laptop to inputs on some of the finest portables.