OREI 4K 60Hz 18G HDMI 2.0 Audio Converter Extractor - SPDIF + 3.5mm Output - HDCP 2.2 - Dolby Digital/DTS Passthrough CEC, HDR, Dolby Vision, HDR10 Support (HDA-912)

Son bought monitor without built-in speakers or 3.5 jack to use with his Xbox Series X which surprisingly enough does not support external speakers, just the main HDMI signal out to the tv. Took 5 minutes to connect this lil guy to some stand alone computer speakers and wallah, we have sound! No degradation or lag. 10/10

Great little product. I was confused by the hook ups, as I was thinking I could bypass ARC from my soundbar to my projector (the projector is non-ARC) and using the volume control on the soundbar causes the projector to go to its menu and it's hard to switch back the HDMI input after it does this; took about 3 attempts and was a pain. So what I had to eventually do is hook up the soundbar via it's optical out to the extractor's optical output and plug the projector into the HDMI output of the extractor. No Atmos over optical but I never really used that, but the 5.1 sound and picture quality are excellent and no more issues with the ARC or CEC function from the soundbar as there was no way to turn it off. Very happy with it and solidly built.

This box works great! As advertised, strips the audio signal from the HDMI signal and gives you a stereo out jack to send the audio to your mixer. I am using this box with a laptop running karaoke software. After stripping the audio from the HDMI cable I run another HDMI cable from the box to the TV for the karaoke lyrics. In my experience this box works best when it’s plugged in and powered up first. Then power up your laptop/computer then the TV/monitor. If the box isn’t on first, it sometimes does not do what it’s designed to.

I purchased this product because my monitor does not have a 3.5 headphone jack so i had to find an alternative to get sound. The sound sounds great. I can't tell if there's a difference. As long i was able to get sound without purchasing a new monitor to play my Xbox. I was a bit skeptical about it at first, but i was happy I did purchase it. The only complaint I have is that you will have additional cables, so my desk set up looks messy with all my cables.

If you are going to use this with a Roku 4K streaming stick, please look elsewhere. I have a Sony receiver with optical in and wanted to get 5.1 from my Roku since my TV does not support passthrough. I tried every variation of setting under the sun it seems and yet could only get stereo to pass through but never 5.1. when the output of the Roku was sent to 5.1 this splitter only passed through silence.I purchased this product 3 weeks and 2 days ago. I only know this because every other day I'm in contact with customer support and they have giving me the runaround for 3 weeks. I am stubborn, but my return window on Amazon is closing so this is a fight I don't think I'll win.

Easy setup - just inserted it inline between my PC and the monitor, then connected to my external speakers. My issue was audio randomly switching from my external speakers to the tiny speaker in the PC in the middle of Teams calls, requiring some mouse movement to return it to the external speakers. Made sure drivers and OS were up to date (done daily) and checked cables, but no joy. Bought this extractor, hooked it up to monitor #3, and redirected audio out to that monitor. Haven't had any audio issues since. Problem resolved quickly and relatively inexpensively.

I'm only using this for HD video, nothing 4K in my system, but it works flawlessly.It's odd that they included a wall wart power supply, when a standard USB power cable (USB 2.0 Type A Male to DC 5.5 x 2.1mm DC 5V Power Barrel Plug Connector) works just fine, and frees up an electrical outlet. I already have a multi-outlet USB charger plugged in, ready to go.

Just outside the warranty period and this unit is no longer working. I have other OREI products, and they work well for what I need. However, this one doesn’t seem to hold up as well as the others. It started with my TV no longer getting a signal, then it would come back intermittently, which is absolutely unusable. At first, I thought it was the cables, but after pulling this out of the lineup, everything worked again (well, except the audio, of course). Sadly, it works well but it doesn’t seem to last, as seen in other reviews. I hold out zero hope since it failed so close to the warranty period. Your mileage may vary, but expect about a year, if not less.