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ukncdc
Contributor I
March 11, 2013

List of TV’s that will pass 5.1 from HDMI Sources to Playbar

All,
Would you mind listing your TV and mode/year in this thread if you have tested it and confirmed it will pass DD 5.1 to the Playbar and from what source. This will help those of us in the market for a new TV and playbar.

Thanks

MikeB.
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    El Jefe
    Lyricist III
    September 18, 2015
    Any news on the new Samsung UHD 4K UN55JU7100?
    Syed Ali
    Contributor III
    September 23, 2015
    anything for the Sony XBR43830C ?
    CAW
    Collaborator II
    September 23, 2015
    anything for the Sony XBR43830C ?
    (I have an 850C Series Sony.)

    I assume all the new 2015 'C' models behave the same when it comes to external audio, since they are all based on the same Android TV OS. They only differ in the display and what built-in speakers the TV has. My 850C passes multi-channel streams from HDMI to the optical out. However, it does not support DTS to AC-3 transcoding, so if you play a Blue-ray/whatever with DTS audio, you will get silence from the Playbar. Also, Android TV requires app developers to explicitly code for AC-3 passthrough, so many streaming apps are currently limited to stereo sound only because they haven't been programmed to handle passthrough. I have personally confirmed KODI will pass 5.1 once passthrough is enabled in the advanced KODI settings. Netflix and Plex are also reported to do AC-3, but I don't use either of those services, so haven't confirmed them. Amazon Instant Video, Google Movies and TV, YouTube and the new Disney Movie Anywhere sadly do NOT support AC-3 streaming at this time. Hopefully that will get addressed with software updates in time.
    El Jefe
    Lyricist III
    September 28, 2015
    Any news on the new Samsung UHD 4K UN55JU7100?

    I can confirm that this TV does pass through 5.1 to the Playbar. I tested via Apple TV and my Uverse STB. Oddly, I couldn't find the right settings in my Xbox One to get it there too. The support note seems to have some outdated menu items.
    Dici
    Contributor I
    September 29, 2015
    anything new for LG ?

    LG 55UF9509 / LG 55UF8609
    sholnay
    Lyricist III
    September 29, 2015
    Samsung UN*JU7100 series does not pass Dolby Digital 5.1 from HDMI to Optical. It does pass 5.1 DD through the native TV applications. This is very frustrating.
      El Jefe
      Lyricist III
      October 2, 2015
      Sholnay,

      Either I don't know what I'm doing (very possible) or you may need to adjust some settings. Per the Sonos app, I'm passing 5.1 through my UN55JU7100 via every source.

      Watching a movie on ATV right now and this is what it shows:

      Associated ZP: 192.168.1.247
      ---------------------------------
      PLAYBAR: Living Room
      Serial Number: 5C-AA-FD-15-44-44:2
      Version: 5.4 (build 29591030)
      Hardware Version: 1.9.1.10-1
      IP Address: 192.168.1.247
      Audio In: Dolby Digital 5.1
      WM: 1
      OTP:
      sholnay
      Lyricist III
      October 2, 2015
      ATV is AppleTV?

      I've done a little more research on my end and it appears that some devices will send DD5.1. The main device that I can't get to work is my HTPC, no matter what I do, what drivers I install or update to, I can't get the PC to send 5.1 audio to the TV (but from what I read, this could be related to the TV - during the HDMI handshake, the TV might be limiting the options for the PC).

      It's all very confusing. My main viewing device is my HTPC, I don't use an AppleTV or roku or chromecast at home so it's very frustrating that I can't get the PC to send the right signal.

      Sholnay,

      Either I don't know what I'm doing (very possible) or you may need to adjust some settings. Per the Sonos app, I'm passing 5.1 through my UN55JU7100 via every source.

      Watching a movie on ATV right now and this is what it shows:

      Associated ZP: 192.168.1.247
      ---------------------------------
      PLAYBAR: Living Room
      Serial Number: 5C-AA-FD-15-44-44:2
      Version: 5.4 (build 29591030)
      Hardware Version: 1.9.1.10-1
      IP Address: 192.168.1.247
      Audio In: Dolby Digital 5.1
      WM: 1
      OTP:
      brolin
      Trending Lyricist I
      October 22, 2015
      Hi,

      I have a Sony KDL55EX720 that was bought in 2011.
      Last week (Oct 2015), I bought a Playbar and connect to the Sony's optical output.

      I looked at the Sonos controller and was surprised to see DD5.1 was passed to Playbar from free to air digital broadcast. I also played a movie from Synology NAS which was connected to the Sony's ethernet. Sonos Controller also reported that DD5.1 was passed to the Playbar.

      I sent a support ticket to Sonos advising them of my discovery. I was asked to submit diagnostic tests while the above 2 scenarios were running.

      They came back to me and confirmed that Playbar indeed is receiving DD5.1 from my Sony TV.

      So this model should be a good buy now, considering it was launched in 2011.

      Edited.
      I also tested using Chromecast connected to the Sony's HDMI and again Playbar is reporting the audio as DD5.1.
      drflett
      Lyricist II
      October 22, 2015
      I found this thread very difficult to follow!

      I have tried to list the tvs which people say are 5.1 passthrough able

      LG 55LX9500
      42PFLG008K/12
      Samsung PN43D490
      Samsung UN55C6500VF
      Samsung UN*JU7100
      Samsung TV - UE46ES8000U
      Sony 46EX400
      Sony KDL32EX400
      Sony KDL55EX720
      Sony kdl-46nx713
      Sony KDL46EX400
      65x8505
      Sony KDL55EX500
      Sony KDL xxNX800/KDL-xxNX810
      Sony KDL-37W5500
      Sony XBR 55HX929
      Sony Bravia 55W905A
      XBR-55X850A
      Vizio XVT3D554SV
      vizio E601i-A3
      Philips 55PFL8007
      Mfr: LG Model: LM8600 Firmware: 04.34.02
      Sony 55" HX925
      Vizio XVT553SV
      Sony model KDL-60EX645
      samsung UE55ES8000
      LG LW550T
      LG 47LA740V
      LG 55" 3D Smart LED-TV 55LA660V
      LG 47LM670T
      Samsung PN60F8500AF
      LG 60" Plasma-TV 60PN650T
      Toshiba 50L5200U
      Samsung 55UNF6300
      Samsung LED F8500
      Samsung PS64F8500
      LG42LH5000
      LG 60PM670S
      Sharp's Aquos LC-60LE650U
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