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GuitarSuperstar
Lead Maestro
July 9, 2020

Sonos Arc Owners: What has been your best Atmos audio experiences from your Sonos Arc?

Many Sonos Arc owners are new to Dolby Atmos and are experiencing this immersive audio in their homes for the first time. Going by your personal experience, which Dolby Atmos films or TV shows have sounded the best through your Sonos Arc? It can be from a Blu-ray, UHD 4K Blu-ray, or a streaming app.

A few that I have read about, but haven’t personally experienced yet (my Arc is on backorder) are:

  • Blade Runner 2049 (Blu-ray & UHD 4K)
  • Gravity (Diamond Luxe Edition Blu-ray)
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (Blu-ray, UHD 4K)

What are some of your favorites?

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Moniker
Lyricist III
July 20, 2020

OK guys, I upgraded my Netflix subscription and Atmos works perfect - the issue lies with the Disney plus app - it’s doesn’t confirm in the Sonos app that it outputs in atmos but does with netflix. Just shows pcm 2.0 (or something like that) on Disney - I’m still getting full surround and it does sound good. But just tried the sound with Dolemite is My Name on Netflix and it sounds wicked.

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GuitarSuperstarAuthor
Lead Maestro
July 20, 2020

OK guys, I upgraded my Netflix subscription and Atmos works perfect - the issue lies with the Disney plus app - it’s doesn’t confirm in the Sonos app that it outputs in atmos but does with netflix. Just shows pcm 2.0 (or something like that) on Disney - I’m still getting full surround and it does sound good. But just tried the sound with Dolemite is My Name on Netflix and it sounds wicked.

Unfortunately Dolby Atmos isn’t currently supported on Disney+ on Samsung TVs. Hopefully that will be fixed one day with a firmware or Disney+ update. But according to this forum discussion, you can get Atmos audio through Disney+ through certain external devices: https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/tv/dolby-atmos-on-disney-plus/td-p/1851349

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    85D
    Trending Lyricist I
    July 20, 2020

    I posted about this same issue. Dolby Atmos is apparently not currently supported on Disney+ on Sony TVs either (Android TV OS). 

    I am also not getting Atmos with Amazon Prime video, so not sure what the problem is there.

    Netflix Atmos works perfectly for me as well, by comparison. 

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    Highfalutintodd
    Prominent Collaborator I
    July 20, 2020

    Dolby atmos isn’t lossy. It’s Dolby TrueHD. To play that you need eArc plus HMDI 2.1 out on your TV and a HDMI 2.1 cable. Atmos can also be played as Dolby Digital Plus (when streamed) in which case you need HDMI and a (I think) HDMI 1.4 cable. 

    This is oddly phrased. Atmos is just spatial metadata passed over another audio codec. It can be passed over Dolby Digital Plus (a “lossy” codec used on all streaming services) or Dolby TrueHD (a “lossless” codec basically only used on Blu-ray / 4K Blu-ray). Either way, it’s Atmos. 

    The Arc supports Atmos over either. In a nutshell: 

    Dolby Digital Plus + Atmos

    • Type: Lossy
    • HDMI-ARC: Yes
    • eARC: Yes
    • Available on: Compatible streaming platforms and content

    Dolby TrueHD + Atmos

    • Type: Lossless
    • HDMI-ARC: No
    • eARC: Yes
    • Available on: Blu-ray Disc, UHD Blu-ray Disc 

     

     

     

     

     

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      Highfalutintodd
      Prominent Collaborator I
      July 20, 2020

      I love Dolby’s Universe Fury demo, available here: 

      https://developer.dolby.com/tools-media/sample-media/video-streams/hd-video-streams/

      I’ve always been a sucker for this type of big, bombastic “THIS IS” style of audio demo. The Leaf and Amaze trailers are cool, but I love how this one really draws your ear to specific points in space, letting you know what it’s really doing before pulling out the big, rousing musical finale with the pretty stock photography. 

      Well worth a download and fun to show people new to Atmos. :-) 

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