dolby atmos

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    AV engineers named their test scenes - most picked ones they tuned against

    What Hi-Fi went round the industry again this year and asked engineers at the manufacturers which scenes they actually reach for when benchmarking kit. Worth reading, but read it with one eye open. Harman's consumer audio side put forward the Impossible Race from Ready Player One, Shallow from...
  2. Tommy_tvs

    B&O Beosound Premiere: 10 drivers, no HDMI hub, and a chassis that creaks

    B&O has slotted a new soundbar in between Beosound Stage and Theatre, called Premiere, and the review that went up is worth reading for the details rather than the verdict. It is a 4.1.2 configuration built from 10 drivers: a centre tweeter, one upward-firing driver under the perforated grille...
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    DTS:X on a TV is useless unless it is profile 2 - the IMAX Enhanced catch

    There is an updated list going around of TV models that carry Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced together, and it is a good reminder of how fiddly this has quietly become. The short version: every modern TV decodes some flavor of Dolby, most now handle Atmos, but almost always the e-AC-3...
  4. loughborough

    Now the World Cup is done - did your broadcaster deliver real 4K or an upconvert?

    With the tournament wrapped up I keep coming back to the coverage question, because it was the most under-discussed thing about this World Cup on the picture quality side. There were two primary feeds going out: 1080p60 SDR and 1080p60 HDR. A 4K HDR (HLG) feed did exist for rights holders, but...
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    About Dolby, All you want to know

    All kinds of publicity about Dolby Atmos are endless, and various concepts and logos have confused consumers. So how to distinguish these concepts? How to build a home theater system? For further sorting out, I leave this article here. It will be continuously updated and improved in the future...
  6. Tommy_tvs

    Dolby Atmos vs. DTS, Which is better for TV audio?

    As the use of television becomes more and more widespread, the need for a television sound system is becoming stronger for many people. But many people still have questions: what is Dolby Atmos, what is DTS, and which is better for the sound quality of the TV? This article will tell you the...
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