Full stereo option when watching TV audio ... please?

I would love this option too. Here is my use case. We watch TV/Movie after our kids go to sleep. We keep the volume low, and the rears are 20+ feet away from the playbar. We want to have full audio play through the rears so we can hear the dialogue even when we walk to the kitchen in the back of our living room to refill our wine glass. This feature is already available for music. I would be fine with a minor audio delay if that was the trade off.

Multichannel-Stereo is a BASIC functionality of every A/V Receiver since about 2003... I really cannot fathom how Sonos could even bring the Playbar to market without this feature. The current way 2.0 (Stereo) TV Sources are handled is abysmal for most content and lacking for the rest.Please fix this!

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  Most clients want to fill the room with sound when watching basic TV.

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  
No offense, but most clients are idiots. Sound engineers spend millions mixing surround sound to give an immersive experience only to have Joe Six Pack want "moar sound from dem speeekers I paid fer!" Do them a favor and save them from themselves.

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  
Love it @Jgatie, yaw da man blood. 🙂 That cheered my up.

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  
Jgatie's response might be a bit harsh but essentially he is right on the money. +1

"Multi Channel Stereo" requires a sound processor which the Playbar provides (assuming the recording was mixed for n.1 audio). 

Stereo only has 2 channels. If one is set to extend the sound they can group more speakers into the same zone. But don't blame Sonos as they implement the specs as intended. 

You should be more concerned about companies selling "multi channel stereo" experience based on 2 channel (stereo) recordings. 

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  
Julien,
yes, that is the only way currently - un-bond your rear speakers and create them as a separate group with the playbar to listen to music via TV then go through the whole setup process again to reverse this situation when you want normal tv sound - hardly quick and simple.

It shouldnt be hard to have a button to do the exact same thing to toggle this on & off.

nick

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  
@Jgatie
Customers are NOT idiots when they want to use their Sonos Speakers with the TV in the very same way the speakers can be used when playing back audio through a Sonos App (Room Settings, Advanced Audio, Surround Settings => set to Full). It should not matter if the 2.0 Stereo input signal comes from a mobile device, a MP3 file on a NAS or from the TV source.

Having the same stereo sound come out of the front and rear speakers is the most unadulterated way to have an immersive surround experience for 2.0 sources. Everything else is just an electronic guessing game that randomly shoves some elements to the rear.

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  
We will agree to disagree.

I am an installer and would also like to have a multi-channel stereo option.  
@Jgatie: Sound engineers spend millions mixing surround sound to give an immersive experience only to have Joe Six Pack want "moar sound from dem speeekers I paid fer!"

Last time I checked, Sonos was a multi-room sound system.  You cant tell me that those same engineers think that playing the same track through 10 speakers simultaneously in different rooms so its coming from all different corners of the house was the way they intended it to be heard either but Im sure you still do it.

As Gerald says - rightly or wrongly, sonos gave us the option for Full audio when listening to music in a 5.1 setup with a music source.  All we are asking is the same option exists when listening to music when the TV itself, or whatever is connected to it, is the source of that music.