If anyone is looking for Singapore Xbox Series S, they’re back in stock and shipping today https://www.qisahn.com/products/xbox-series-s

I am now awaiting mine from them! Yeahoo!

Still waiting for my order from qisahn. Just received the email today:

Just wanted to share something I just found out about eARC and Dolby Atmos. So I've been connecting my Xbox One X directly to the TV, and have the TV send audio to the AV amplifier via eARC. The setup works for sure, but I occasionally get audio cut offs which I always thought was a bug on the TV.

But I was reading online about similar user experiences. There was no exact setup like mine (Samsung Q80T, Xbox One X and Yamaha RX-V685) but the issue is just like how I encountered it. There were some people who said if they disable Dolby Atmos output on the TV, the issue goes away. But of course you just get lossy Dolby Digital audio.

Someone else thought about the issue. Could it be that the Atmos track bandwidth is too big to send over eARC? So he changed his HDMI cable to a HDMI 2.1 cable, and the issue went away. So I also changed the cable from the Xbox One X to the TV to a HDMI 2.1 cable. The audio drop out issue no longer happens now.

Previously the cable from the Xbox was the one that came with the Xbox One X. Meaning it was a HDMI 2.0 cable, not HDMI 2.1. The cable from the TV to the amplifier however is HDMI 2.1. If I plug the original cable directly to my amplifier, the audio output is fine. It only happens over eARC.

Could it be that the end to end connectivity between components has to match? Meaning any components taking part in the audio/video path needs to use the same type of cable ie HDMI 2.1?

Not necessarily true, because when I first got the TV, I never had the audio cut-off issue. It just sort of got worse over time, and I wanted a permanent fix for it. Swapping out the cable with a HDMI 2.1 cable did the trick for me. So, just something to point out in case there are other folks who also use a mix of HDMI 2.1 and other cable types.

Hey guys, MCO really sucks and im looking at Xbox Series S, just want to ask what is the general opinion on that? im checking the game pass and all that. if you got the series X, how does it feel so far?

as there is no official xbox online store in Malaysia like PSN, will it be a hassle to access all digital content?

Thanks in advance

Thanks for the reply, may I know which country store you buy your gamepass? cause im also looking to buy games and see many here seems have the problem of cards getting blocked for purchase?