Playbar with new Connect (DTS solution)

Cool idea! Never thought about the network port for transmission. Would like to see that!

I am not a techie, so can you please explain for me how this is materially different than using a switch that includes an optical output to the Playbar?

I am not a techie, so can you please explain for me how this is materially different than using a switch that includes an optical output to the Playbar?
The major problem is:

Impossible with the current Playbar hardware. Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD cannot be passed by optical, only HDMI.

So I was thinking there must be a way that we can use HDMI as input (since the optical input has its bandwidth limitations), without offering a complete new playbar...

I and most other people want the possibility to use their current hardware (since its very good and it was expensive), but still have the possibility to kind of upgrade it with an extra device (like a new Connect device or something similar that has one or more HDMI inputs).

HDMI kind of became the standard in home-theater and even on modern receivers the "old" inputs are slowly disappearing or getting less.

Since the network port can handle pretty much anything and is future proof, this might be the solution for Sonos.

Its just an idea...

I too am in the position where Ive been researching my next surround sound solution as I am moving into a new house where running cables is a no no due to the house being recently decorated. So I heard the sonos demo'd in a store and fell in love with the sound and the looks and it solves my cabling issues.

I then thought I would go home and do some research and read some reviews (as I would normally do with anything I buy, especially something that isn't cheap)

So I kept seeing many negative feedbacks regarding the lack of dts support for the sonos solution on countless reviews sites. I own a Samsung ue55he8500 tv which outputs dts 2.5, I also own many blurays and have movie files save to hardrive that only support dts so this would be a major issue especially when purchasing something that really isn't cheap.

I am now in a situation where I need to decide whether I spend the +£1500 on this or look for an alternative for my money as the last thing I want to have is regrets over my purchase. A real shame as I can honestly say if there was the support for dts there would be no question of my purchase.... Hopefully there is a solution released soon and before I find an alternative solution.

I had a nice guy from SONOS France on the phone. He told me they realize the problem and that they will eventually have to change their answers on DTS problem. The thing is, they seem too scared to ask people to change their hardware which is not at all in SONOS philosophy... Is there a techi out there that can tell if a software upgrade would be enough to pass DTS via optical?

Support for decoding DTS could be added with a software update to the PLAYBAR. However, the optical cable does not have the bandwidth to carry the lossless versions of DTS-HD or Dolby TRUEHD. An HDMI connection is required to play HD audio. I like the idea of hardwiring the Playbar to the network and using the network connection to carry the audio stream. Hopefully Sonos is listening here.

Users here have speculated that Sonos doesn't want to pay the licensing fee to support DTS which is frustrating considering the cost of the item.

I am now in a situation where I need to decide whether I spend the +£1500 on this or look for an alternative for my money as the last thing I want to have is regrets over my purchase. A real shame as I can honestly say if there was the support for dts there would be no question of my purchase.... Hopefully there is a solution released soon and before I find an alternative solution.
I can tell you for sure that when I got my PLAYBAR I did the same thing as you and had the same concerns and really felt like I would be missing out by not having that DTS support but here me here when I say YOU WON'T HAVE ANY REGRETS once you hear that thing in your home. I literally don't even care about DTS support anymore. The PLAYBAR does (in my opinion) the best job at home theatre sound that I've ever come across. Plus you can get Blu-Ray players or both the PS4, PS3, and Xbox One who actively convert a DTS stream to Dolby Digital 5.1.

I am now in a situation where I need to decide whether I spend the +£1500 on this or look for an alternative for my money as the last thing I want to have is regrets over my purchase. A real shame as I can honestly say if there was the support for dts there would be no question of my purchase.... Hopefully there is a solution released soon and before I find an alternative solution.
I can tell you for sure that when I got my PLAYBAR I did the same thing as you and had the same concerns and really felt like I would be missing out by not having that DTS support but here me here when I say YOU WON'T HAVE ANY REGRETS once you hear that thing in your home. I literally don't even care about DTS support anymore. The PLAYBAR does (in my opinion) the best job at home theatre sound that I've ever come across. Plus you can get Blu-Ray players or both the PS4, PS3, and Xbox One who actively convert a DTS stream to Dolby Digital 5.1.

I would have to agree the sound is amazing. It's better than any multi-thousand dollar Bose system, and yes, I did own a Bose Accoustimas. A PS3 indeed will downmix the audio from a Bluray so that the Playbar receives a compatible surround signal. The only Samsung players that will do this are a couple years old now and becoming more difficult to find. I think Sonos has to budge on their stance on this issue eventually, at least I hope they will. *fingers crossed*

As far as waiting, I knew when I bought the Playbar/Sub what the limitations were and still have no regrets, even though I've been outspoken about the lack of DTS.

I agree with the sonos connect upgrade, but to add another idea allow us to also use 3 play 3s or 5s as left right and center channels so we are not just limited to the playbar for surround systems.

This is the only reason why I'm stuck and reluctant to buy anything (researched Denon Heos, Polk Omni, Bose, DTS Play-Fi systems, etc) all of them fall short compare to Sonos ecosystem and specially the app. Sonos is taking a lousy position justifying the reason they only use SPDIF/optical is to make it easy for the users and at the same time crippling their products as acceptable home theater solution, I just can't believe in 2016 Sonos doesn't support the worldwide accepted HDMI interface for audio reproduction. Bose does it on their SoundTouch systems, so why the heck Sonos cannot do it as well. Please we need the Connect 2, the PlayHub or whatever you want to call it as Kasimir well describe it. I want to spend thousands of my hard earned dollars in Sonos and this is the only reason why I haven't done it yet.