Jun 30 2021, 10:34 PM
QUOTE(writesimply @ Jun 25 2021, 06:26 PM)
Buying a home theater starts with a budget and then your space limitations or requirements.
Most people would go for soundbars. But even though they advertise as Dolby Atmos, you need to study the specs. If all it's decoding is 2.0, then it's not even surround sound. The cheap soundbars are like this. It's only when you get to soundbars that costs over RM4,000 that you get true 7.1 speaker setups.
You can get this Onkyo HT-S5805 for RM4000.
This is a 5.1.2 setup with a basic Atmos receiver. True Atmos setup starts at 7.2.4, which is far too many speakers for a typical living room.
From here, the price goes up and there's no limit.
Every HDTV since the 2000s can decode Dolby Digital 2.0. But TVs don't decode 5.1 or more as that's beyond the mandatory spec.
As I posted before, TVs with ARC can pass the Dolby Digital Plus (Atmos for streaming) signal through HDMI straight to a Dolby Atmos soundbar/receiver. This is okay when you're using the streaming app from the TV to play your content. This is the lossy version of Dolby Atmos.
When you want to play the lossless version of Dolby Atmos which you can only get through Blu-ray Discs, you need to connect your 4K BD player to the receiver. The receiver will send the video signal to the TV and it will decode the Dolby Atmos signal.
That Onkyo I like. I’m currently using an Onkyo too but limited to 5.1 as I got it 2nd hand last year from an Expat who’d already had it for 4 years.Most people would go for soundbars. But even though they advertise as Dolby Atmos, you need to study the specs. If all it's decoding is 2.0, then it's not even surround sound. The cheap soundbars are like this. It's only when you get to soundbars that costs over RM4,000 that you get true 7.1 speaker setups.
You can get this Onkyo HT-S5805 for RM4000.
This is a 5.1.2 setup with a basic Atmos receiver. True Atmos setup starts at 7.2.4, which is far too many speakers for a typical living room.
From here, the price goes up and there's no limit.
Every HDTV since the 2000s can decode Dolby Digital 2.0. But TVs don't decode 5.1 or more as that's beyond the mandatory spec.
As I posted before, TVs with ARC can pass the Dolby Digital Plus (Atmos for streaming) signal through HDMI straight to a Dolby Atmos soundbar/receiver. This is okay when you're using the streaming app from the TV to play your content. This is the lossy version of Dolby Atmos.
When you want to play the lossless version of Dolby Atmos which you can only get through Blu-ray Discs, you need to connect your 4K BD player to the receiver. The receiver will send the video signal to the TV and it will decode the Dolby Atmos signal.
I am however using Mission speakers which has a centre and subwoofer. So wondering what else I need.
This post has been edited by GuyB: Jun 30 2021, 10:41 PM
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