Removal of Toslink port

They took out the optical / toslink port on the E

It would be harder to find a receiver without it tbh, it's been standard for a long time, this is why myself and many others have left posts complaining that it is NOT enabled yet....so before you buy a rec. might want to wait, trust me when I say that this
is irritating...TB X42's only getting analog stereo along with other components, long story short it doesn't matter if you bought one today if there is no digital audio enabled your going to be in analog stereo along with the rest of us, at least you have
plenty of time to shop.

Right now the xbox one output optical TOSLINK 5.1 threw DTS surround. DTS is actually better then Dolby 5.1 but some audio equipment doesnt have support for DTS, dolby toslink support is set to come next year, but right now 5.1 with toslink is possible
(ive been using it) but only if your recieved supports DTS. Best option you have now is to set the toslink optical to stereo, and then use your dvd player to put it into Dolby Pro Logic II mode. This mode a simulated 5.1 that takes a stereo signal and makes
it a kinda fakish 5.1 while not true 5.1 is will be better then just 2.0 stereo till dolby is patched in.

The toslink cable is just another way to send audio. If you are already using the HDMI to connect your X1 to your TV or receiver, you shouldn't need to hook up a toslink cable. I think more or less they put the optical port there for headsets.

I'm going to assume not because it likely uses the AV connectors (red/white). The Xbox One doesn't have an AV port and only supports HDMI or Optical Toslink.