My dad just called me.... He bought a new Blu-Ray player with HDMI and coax output only. He needs to connect to his existing A/V receiver which only supports optical ...

So I just bought myself a 5.1 surround sound ARC enabled sound bar, the Vizio SB36512-F6. This is currently being plugged into a TCL 55R617. My plan, with how my understanding of how HDMI ARC should ...