Not enough hdmi ports

[Olly01]

Hi we have got sky q and have just bought a fire stick. We are thinking of getting a sound bar rather than using our outdated amplifier. What do  we need to be able to connect sky q and fire stick to soundbar. There are only 2 hdmi ports on TV. Thanks

[stereohaven]

@Olly01 

Plug Sky Q and the Fire TV stick into the TV HDMI ports and connect the soundbar to the TV via an optical cable.

If your TV only has two HDMI ports I doubt one of them is ARC or eARC or the TV supports Dolby Atmos, so you are not losing anything by using optical, but it all depends on the actual TV and soundbar specs.

[TimmyBGood]

@Olly01 

Connecting an HDMI switch (not a 'splitter') to the television set is another potential solution.

[nigea99]

hi @Olly01 

Note some Soundbars do not have an optical input but may allow connection via optional converters

Some Soundbars do have extra HDMI inputs allowing video pass through to the TV which means you might be able to connect either or both SKY Q  & Firestick directly to it - although again note some so do not

If your TV only has 2 HDMI inputs also check that the TV has one of them designated as ARC (Audio return Channel) otherwise connection from the TV  to the sound bar may be limited to optical (as @stereohaven alludes to)

Thus it really does depend on which Soundbar and your TV's capability for audio outputs (ARC  and/or optical)