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12-11-2020
10:11 AM
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Any more word on this? Yes, I am bumping it up. Please give us a coherent answer.
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08-11-2020
04:16 PM
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The PS5 is released. It only supports multi-channel audio via the DTS/DD+ encoder with this bar. This means (like with the PS4/Pro), we cannot get lag-free lossless audio with a supposed HDMI 2.1 product.
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08-11-2020
04:14 PM
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They will not here. This is an echo chamber where no help is offered at all. They acknowledged it in my communication with Samsung Support in Germany, but only said they would report the issue to "HQ". Please please, contact your normal support. Don't expect anything from posting in here.
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08-11-2020
04:13 PM
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No, there is not even a peep from Samsung here with a "no", which is even more frustrating. Their software division is either clearly understaffed/underbudgeted, or just bad.
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04-11-2020
09:06 PM
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It's really annoying that nobody is replying. The even more annoying part is if they fix this and we should be greatful while things like HDMI 2.1 support are currently not working, while being on the spec sheet.
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03-11-2020
01:35 PM
It seems it's like a well were we can scream without anyone replying.
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26-10-2020
11:02 AM
No replies from Samsung?
I also discovered that Atmos over Dolby MAT doesn't work at all, which means that Windows games with Atmos cannot work.
I have NO WORDS.
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21-10-2020
01:55 PM
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And, per the usual, no response from Samsung at all.
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21-10-2020
01:55 PM
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Nothing at all (again)? I guess I'm the ***** for keeping buying Samsung products.
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18-10-2020
11:36 AM
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After the 1017.5 update you should get uncompressed bitstreamed formats (DTS:MA/X and TrueHD/Atmos).
The soundbar does not support multi-channel PCM from any port, either via eARC or directly. This still stands even after the 1017.5 update.
This also means that you cannot play any video game using Atmos unless you transcode somewhere in the chain, as games use Dolby MAT which is metadata over multi-channel PCM. Previous soundbars were working perfectly.
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18-10-2020
11:35 AM
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The soundbar does not support multi-channel PCM from any port, either via eARC or directly. This still stands even after the 1017.5 update.
This also means that you cannot play any video game using Atmos unless you transcode somewhere in the chain, as games use Dolby MAT which is metadata over multi-channel PCM. Previous soundbars were working perfectly.
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18-10-2020
11:28 AM
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Hello, the title says it all.
I have an HW-Q950T. I have tested this also in my HW-N950 and a friend's HW-Q90R, on the same equipment.
Connecting my GTX 1070 directly to the HDMI 1 of the bar, I do not get Dolby Atmos in any Windows Atmos game I have tested (and they all worked fine with the HW-N950 and the HW-Q90R).
Windows Spatial Audio uses Dolby MAT, which is height metadata over multichannel PCM.
This 1.500 euro soundbar does not support multi-channel PCM, and it is therefore impossible to get Atmos in Windows games.
When connected via eARC, if the TV does a passthrough, the TV recognizes Atmos just fine, but the soundbar either will not play Atmos, or nothing at all. The only way to get Atmos is to connect via eARC and have my TV transcode which induces delay.
This is terrible. You are advertising the surround capability of this bar with game consoles and even claim HDMI 2.1!!!
The thing below says to enjoy surround sound with the Xbox and the Switch. The Switch can only work with Stereo with this bar and the Xbox cannot send Atmos game content to it.
This is where it claims to have HDMI 2.1
Please report this to your engineering team. It's a disgrace. Models from three years ago could do this.
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18-10-2020
11:15 AM
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This is a no-solution and terrible. It's a good workaround though.
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25-09-2020
06:26 PM
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Still no official word on this? Not even a "no"?
The funny thing is that the Q950T also has eARC problems. It presents an eARC interface but it doesn't pass full bandwidth. You get stereo PCM instead of LPCM 7.1, DTS instead of DTS-MA/DTS:X, and Atmos over DD+ instead of over TrueHD. True quality. At least it sounds nice when it plays.
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07-09-2020
12:34 PM
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To add more salt in this, it seems like the brand-new HW-Q950T, does not accept TrueHD, DTS-MA and LPCM 7.1 via eARC. If I could roll my eyes more, they would do a full 360.
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07-09-2020
12:33 PM
Can you please confirm if the Sound Bar gets TrueHD and DTS-MA via eARC?
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31-08-2020
10:52 AM
So, any official word from Samsung yet? Can we tag someone from them so we at least have some word in here?
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20-08-2020
10:38 AM
This is the worst part. They don't reply. We have the same issue here. There isn't even a single rep coming in this thread saying "no". I can't tell you how damning I find that the firmware for the Q90R obviously has support for the HW-N950, along with the feedback they send to sellers and shops to tell us that these ones would also get the update. In this thread even Samsung reps thought their HW-N850 would get it.
This is so shameful for a $1,500 piece of gear.
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31-07-2020
09:51 AM
Nothing yet, and nothing official here. Some Samsung reps have told people there won't be one, some have told that there will be one, some are also waiting like us.
And, of course, still no answer about what all these other soundbars are doing in the eARC update for the Q90r.
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11-07-2020
03:44 PM
It wasn't only from a tech blogger. People from the store I got it from told me it would get it. One of them got it with that expectation too.
You can see in the thread that Samsung representatives also have the N850 an we're expecting this too. That's not the idea from a single tech blogger.
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10-07-2020
11:09 AM
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The major problem I see was that all of that was very sneaky.
You can read in the thread that even Samsung customer care people thought their own hardware would get this update. It was also communicated to store sales people, either officially or unofficially. In the end, I bought this instead of the ST5000 because I thought that the back speakers & the coming eARC would make it something I could hold on for some time.
The ST5000 got the eARC update the same year it got released, and Samsung STILL hasn't responded here on either the actual issue, or why the firwmare for the Q90R contains the names of all the previous generations of soundbars, while we get zero new features.
I would like to add that this sound system costs more than their average high-end TV, and we don't even get a proper year of upgrades, which is disgusting. The product isn't even out of the formal two year warranty period that the EU grants.
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08-07-2020
12:54 AM
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Any official word in here? The silence is deafening. The files say different things, reviewers and sellers told us different things, and nobody here says anything.
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26-06-2020
03:09 PM
I was told the same, but there is nothing here, not even a response from anyone. This thread is four pages now, and nobody has said a word yet.
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15-06-2020
10:38 AM
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I just got the additional eARC update for my C9, that can send 8-channel PCM, in addition to DTS-MA and True Audio HD over eARC.
And still no peep in this thread. I love how they treat it almost like it doesn't exist. Nothing on the "press" either, despite sending the HEX of the firmware files to various outlets. I guess they know that they won't get the next sample if they raise their voices.
Great.
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05-06-2020
12:42 PM
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I find it fascinating that Samsung representatives are giving out different replies to each one person who asks here. I wonder what that tells about Samsung, and what it means having the names of our products being found inside the firmware of the Q90R.
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28-05-2020
11:08 AM
I'm thinking of doing exactly the same and going for the LG SN11RG.
Seems more powerful, has proper Google Assistant implementation, eARC, and incredible things (for Samsung), like room calibration in a $1400+ audio product.
It also seems to be more powerful, and have proper eARC from the start. I will wait to check some reviews, but it will be seriously bye bye Samsung after this.
It has only double HDMI inputs, but it doesn't matter as long as the TV and the Soundbar have eARC, as pluging things on the TV enables the best visual features (VRR, HGIG etc), with zero compromises on audio.
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28-05-2020
08:56 AM
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Why can't they say it here? And why are the models mentioned in the Q90r firmware?
Also eARC is basically using the Ethernet part of HDMI 2.0 for audio return, it's not a hardware feature as long as there is HDMI 2.0.
The responses you got were typical Samsung. Anything to deny software support as fast as possible.
Sony and LG soundbars from 2017 got eARC. They were saying to reviewers these would get too. Truly disgusting.
NEVER AGAIN.
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23-05-2020
08:44 PM
I guess they are just waiting for us to blindly shut up. Reviewers won't speak of this because otherwise Samsung would not send them review copies. This is disgusting.
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