[dontlaugh]

But you’d be left without volume control, or at least from the same remote you control the TV with.

[ssl-3]

I've successfully set up sound bars with toslink and used the TV's remote to run the volume up and down. Toslink doesn't have to be a fixed level.

If future-TV lacks this functionality: DACs that have remote volume controls are very nearly as inexpensive as those that don't.