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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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    Richmorr
    Trending Lyricist I
    January 30, 2016
    No so much a TV but I've just got the Samsung SEC-3500 evolution kit for my 2014 HU8500 (uk model) and this does allow HDMI bitstream though optical for DD and DTS. Finally my home cinema is complete and it sound incredible 🙂
    skivnit
    Avid Contributor I
    January 30, 2016
    so if i only have the playbar and the 2 play 1s should it show DD 5.1 or what?
    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    February 1, 2016
    so if i only have the playbar and the 2 play 1s should it show DD 5.1 or what?

    In the About section, the PLAYBAR will tell you what format the signal it's getting is in, no matter what you have bonded to it. It should say Dolby Digital 5.1 if that's the signal it's receiving.
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    tbshaw
    Contributor I
    March 1, 2016
    rtings.com just posted an extensive article on TVs that support 5.1 surround passthrough with specs for a lot of current TVs. Great article:

    http://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/5-1-surround-audio-passthrough
    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    March 1, 2016
    rtings.com just posted an extensive article on TVs that support 5.1 surround passthrough with specs for a lot of current TVs. Great article:

    http://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/5-1-surround-audio-passthrough

    Great find tbshaw! Do you mind reposting that here: https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/home-theater-megathread-6735001
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    bluedevil229
    Lyricist III
    March 2, 2016
    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.

    2015 Samsung UN75J6300AFXZA 75".
    Passes Dolby 5.1 no problems
    Sounds great w/ Playbar, Sub, and 2 threes
    bumph1
    Contributor III
    August 26, 2016
    Anyone make a recommendation on a tv ...thread is slightly confusing ... In the market for a new tv to support the play bar and eventually 5.1 when funds available .. Looking for one about 50 inches ... Help
    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    August 26, 2016
    Anyone make a recommendation on a tv ...thread is slightly confusing ... In the market for a new tv to support the play bar and eventually 5.1 when funds available .. Looking for one about 50 inches ... Help

    Hi bumph1, there's a lot of great recommendations here, including all of the TVs in this thread.
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    Sinjin Saint
    Enthusiast I
    September 5, 2016
    I can confirm that the Samsung 60 Ks7000 2016 model does the pass through for 5.1 it is so nice to ditch the optical splitter and additional splitter remote and not to have optical leads from my Sky Q, DVD and Apple TV
    blackbelt
    Contributor I
    September 22, 2016
    I own an LG OLED 65EG9600 and have researched this extensively. Both this TV and the EF9500 (the non curved version, same TV) come from the factory without the ability to pass the 5.1 signal from external HDMI sources. HOWEVER, you can enable the feature.

    You will need a service remote. Press the ADJ button on the service remote, the pass key is 0413, and once you're in the service menu, you will need to go to the ez adjust tools option 7 and change EDID from PCM to AC3.

    TV will reboot and you will now be able to pass 5.1 from HDMI sources to the optical out.

    There are instructions on how to make a universal remote do what the service remote does. I found it cumbersome and just called LG customer service and they sent a tech out with the remote. Beware, the tech may not know what to do, so follow the steps above if he does not.

    Disappointing that LG didn't enable this from the factory on a very high end tv, but I'm satisfied I now have it working on mine.

    Hi Johnny5Alive, I bought the oled 55EG920V. I am getting DD5.1 from HDMI (blue ray player), but with the normal TV and the WebOs apps (e.g NetFlix) I get DD2.0 and sometimes even stereo. Did you had this issue on your device ?
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