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olly79
Avid Contributor I
February 7, 2014

Sonos Playbar 2 with HDMI and other additional features

  • February 7, 2014
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I completely understand the problem to add DTS re-coding to the current Playbar due to the fact
of introducing audio delay. And since the Sonos Playbar is only
responsible for audio, this delay can't be added for video as well.

Therefore, I would like Sonos to make a Sonos Playbar 2 or Sonos PlaybarHDMI which takes care about audio and video. DTS and other sound formats could be easily re-coded into a supported audio format and the audio/video sync could be kept.

But it could also address other improvement possibilities:
- Display "Volume" onscreen
- Support IR remote controls (and others as well) to adjust night mode and speech enhancement
- Multiple HDMI inputs / HDMI switch
- Display currently played music (while not in TV mode)
- Possibility to steer music with basic controls via IR (Play/Pause, Next track, Previous track, radio stations)
- Possibility to add two front channels (Playbar + 4x Play:1 + Sub)
- Possibility to increase width of Playbar to fit it to the size of the TV
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      nicka99
      nicka99
      Local Superstar
      April 14, 2015
      Will - thanks for the link - I saw that a few days ago.  Looks like they will at the same time launch a Heos 1 which is also portable (battery powered) which is something Sonos users have also been asking for.  Its not clear yet if the Heos 1 can be used as rear channels in a 5.1 setup but I would expect so.

      I also see that Panasonic have extended their range of multi-room equipment with sound bar, sound base, subs and new smaller device, ALL2, which can also act as the rears in a wireless 5.1 setup.  The 'SC-ALL70T' soundbar features HDMI in/out, ARC, DTS decoding and is 4k compatible.  The SC-ALL2 (can be used for the rears or made into stereo pair) also features a screen so can instead be used as a bedside clock (with a snooze option - woohoo!).  All panasonic devices use Qualcomm AllPlay for multi-room and music service subscriptions including Spotify Connect.

      Likewise, I have no affiliation with either or these companies - just adding fuel to the fire in the hope Sonos to expand their range and feature set to keep up.
      Paulo Dekkers
      Lyricist I
      January 30, 2018
      the first DTS feature requests I could find are more than 4 years old and there is still no solution.
      If I read all this I think I'll cancel my Sonos playbar and sub order and go for the Bluesound Pulse playbar and pulse sub.
      bockersjv
      bockersjv
      Local Superstar
      January 30, 2018
      You do that if dts is really that important.
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