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Contributor II
September 5, 2013

Support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD for PLAYBAR

In response to @ButterFinger74 on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ButterFinger74/status/375270850699612162 Hey @Sonos, when are you going to start supporting Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD on your soundbar?
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    Prescott Smith
    Lyricist III
    December 29, 2014
    Not true, Jgatie. My Sony Blueray DVD player outputs Dolby TrueHD via optical connector. However, of course, it may still be impossible for the current Playbar hardware and/or software to decode the TrueHD coming in the optical port.
    Until they fulfill their current order for all of the PlayBars from China....you won't see anything at all. Widgets...widgets...widgets.
    DaCheekyMonkey
    Contributor I
    March 31, 2018
    The only way it could work on the playbar would be if they updated the software, and had an HDMI to Ethernet adapter.
    FlyingK
    Lyricist I
    April 1, 2018
    I don't see any reason why the Playbar *has* to be the controller. Instead, they could use a windows / android app (driver) installed on one of endless number of popular streaming boxes to decode the audio and spit out the decoded sound to the appropriate speaker with available network bandwidth being the only limit on the number of channels supported. . . 9.2.2 anyone?
    DaCheekyMonkey
    Contributor I
    April 1, 2018
    They could even make there own wireless box for decoded audio, maybe something like a firestick size to stick in back of tv so it cant be seen. But it seems like Sonos don't want to pay any more money for extra licenses to get audio formats like DTS, Dolby True HD, even though we pay alot more on thier products than other products who have all that for less. I honestly think Sonos would make more money if they allowed 7.1 sets ups. People would buy more speakers, they could state to have the best system on the market. You would find more people willing to pay the high prices Sonos charges if they offered more on thier products.
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