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Squishman

Squishman

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Yeah.... but audio is more important!!
I just bought the NS Pro on Amazon.
 
TLS Guy

TLS Guy

Seriously, I have no life.
Yeah.... but audio is more important!!
I just bought the NS Pro on Amazon.
I think your problem is the TV. Your Sony TV does not have eARC. Standard ARC is hit and miss and not very good.

Streaming results vary from site to site, and with what equipment you are using.

I do not use any streamers like ROKU. I abhor hunt and peck remotes, and the limited number of apps supported.

So what do I use for streaming? Mainly HTPCs. In my theater I use a 4K HTPC that does the lions share of the streaming.

In the great room 3.1 system nearly all of the streaming is via an Intel NUC HTPC running Windows 10. Occasionally we stream via a Chromecast device. Both the TV and pre/pro are older and only have ARC and not eARC. The Netflix app on the Intel NUC supports DD on Netflix and Amazon, as does streaming via our phones or my wife's iPad.

In the theater, most of the streaming is via the HTPC. HTPCs allow streaming from a much wider selection of sites than streaming apps. I belong to a lot of Orchestral sites now, and that demands the use of HTPCs. In addition both HTPCs have a VPN link to the Amazon server in London, to give us a UK IP address.

Now my C class LG OLED and my Marantz 7705 support eARC. In addition the system also has a Chromecast Ultra. The system is 7.2.4.

This is where it gets complicated. The Windows 10 apps for both Netflix and Amazon, support everything short of Atmos.

However Netflix and Amazon will provide Atmos via eARC. Interestingly, steaming from my iPhone using the Netflix and Amazon apps, via the Chromecast Ultra also provide Atmos service.

So you might well find that your problems will be solved if you plug a Chromecast Ultra into your Onkyo, and stream from your phone, using the Netflix app on your phone.

Recently the Berlin Digital Concert Hall, that I subscribe to, has made available 4K steaming with loss less audio. It is superb, with the best 4K picture via the Internet I know of. The audio is superb, with a colossal dynamic range. This upgrade can only be accessed via an app on select high end TVs, and more recently an app for Windows 10. Strangely their app for Windows 10 in not intuitive and frankly awkward. The app on the LG TV is much better and far more user friendly.

For streamed concerts a good two channel stream is fine, as the new DD upmixer does such a superb job. The ambience of the hall is reproduced to perfection, and when the applause starts is comes from all around you.

In the family room we have a 2.1 system with an older TV and pre/pro and ARC, which I do not use. Any streaming is done via phone and Chromecast. I do not stream much on that system. It is mainly for LP CDs, FM and for the grandchildren to game on.
 
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Trebdp83

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The Nvidia Shield Pro is a first class streamer with plenty of apps. I use an Apple TV 4K myself and have installed the Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall app. I’ll activate the free trial in two weeks for the John Williams concert. @Squishman will get his new Nvidia Shield Pro, connect it directly to the Onkyo and enjoy atmos from Netflix and any app that supports it. He’ll be just fine. ARC is not the issue but the apps.
 
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Trebdp83

Audioholic Spartan
Wait a minute. While ARC supports atmos metadata from Dolby Digital Plus streams, it won’t happen even if it is supported in the device app if sound output is set incorrectly in the TV’s sound output settings. One would need to check the settings and make sure it is set for Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus. Optical connection will be capped at Dolby Digital 5.1 but ARC connection will support Dolby Digital Plus/atmos if it is supported in the streaming service app on the TV model in use. The Sony TV in use here may very well be set to output PCM and that would prevent Dolby Digital Plus/atmos from getting to the receiver from any app. Though, @Squishman did say DD was available from the Amazon Prime app. If that really is the case, a separate streamer such as the Nvidia Shield Pro will offer a Netflix app that supports HDR and atmos.
 
Squishman

Squishman

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I will have to get a second one too for the bedroom system.
 
Squishman

Squishman

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The non-pro one says something about being an android device. There is one on FB Marketplace. Will this one cut the mustard for what I need it to do in the bedroom system? It has the Roku TV hooked up to a Yamaha RX-A670.

The link looks like it is not showing. Looks like what I think it is, but I am not sure about Android.
 
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Squishman

Squishman

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I get the Android thing now. Watching some set-up videos on youtube, I see that the OS is Android. It is the exact same graphics in the set-up and main page as my Sony Google TV.
 

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