Are they only 5.1 at present and any plans to use 7.1 so I can get use out of my ceiling speakers in a 5.2.2 setup? Or does the 5.1 actually (and smart enough) to know I have height speakers and use the Atmos meta data to send overheard data to them? ... View more

@denodan @Sure can dude I put pictures of my setup and speakers in previous posts.   go to do a proper reply with the button don't choose quick reply and a little camera icon is at top but be careful Samsung image is very specific how it shows vertically so mine ended upside down at first until I realised I had to take photos a certain way. ... View more

Sorry yes Denodan I was saying tv speakers won’t really provide Atmos and yes you will get good use of Atmos from your high end Soundbar (and of course the best from a setup like mine with dedicated larger speakers in surround). I would love to have the Q90R soundbar in my bedroom setup with limited space but the cost is astonishingly crazy. Glad you are having good times with Atmos as I love my deep bass and immersion with my movies but my neighbours must hate me, well I have one neighbour, a nice young woman and erm well she’s still not Come round yet complaining dam it lol 😂 ... View more

There is a bug with Atmos working I had issues but any Atmos certified soundbar should work perfectly as all the tv does is pass the atmos information over HDMi for your sound bar to decode, the tv does not decode anything. While you get Atmos I’m a sound bar you don’t get the proper effect what Atmos was made for. It’s like putting race car fuel in a robin reliant car, sure it will drive but kinda wasted on that type of car. ... View more

You do realise how Atmos works? It’s a positional based surround sound system which is going to be pretty rubbish though a TV, no wait I stand corrected pointless through a tv speaker and a sound bar.   Atmos uses height  / ceiling speakers and can send effects to these speakers that require the sound i.e. rain or thunder storms etc forctrie immersion. How are you going to get that effect through a tv so pointless even worrying about Atmos through your TV speakers. I have a 5.2.2 Atmos setup and a Sony STR 1080 amp which shows the Atmos logo running through arc to amp with hdmi. Netflix titles show Atmos and as it passes the sound through I’m pretty sure no license is needed this way as my amp decodes it and my amp already paid the royalties to have the technology built into the amplifier.   see below           ... View more

I do agree they need to sort out the bugs as it can be hit and miss with others they have good televisions but ***** firmware.   for example my Q70R can potentially do 4k@120 but they need to update HDMi ports to 2.1 and no its not a hardware limitation at all its Samsung lazy limitations. ... View more

@Smazza1970 while I would agree things are buggy I can confirm I have lossy Dolby Atmos pass through going to my amp (Sony STR1080) after a reset with it now working. Maybe try Disney + that may of enabled Dolby Atmos signal then flicking back to Netflix may work? (Disney+ is free for 7 day trial). If I could post a video you would see my 2019 Q70R 82” connected via arc HDMi input and then to my Sony Amp is showing “Atmos” on my AMP on Netflix films that support it so yes it worked for me.   See image below that is connected from Samsung TV to Amp via hdmi on arc HDMi 4 input on the TV.   Bottom right: "DAtmos" showing on amp confirming Dolby Atmos signal from Netflix. And on main image you can see Dolby Atmos on the main screen it's paused.   (sorry for upside down image, Samsung image uploader put it that way).   Many thanks.   ... View more

If you are using an optical cable to connect soundbar you will never get Atmos ever. You need to connect by HDMi for Atmos to go over arc. Also make sure sound bar supports Atmos. I know on my LG soundbar I can use HDMi as it supports arc but I have to use another HDMi cable for it to work. Check how many HDMi ports your soundbar has if any. ... View more

Just an update Dolby Atmos is working as a pass through arc to my Sony Amp.   Can we just clear their confusion in this post.   There's two types of Dolby Atmos, one is a compressed format that uses the lossy Dolby Digital + and the other is an uncompressed format using Dolby True HD.   Both add metadata to the existing formats to achieve the Atmos positioning.   And the compressed Atmos format is only one available as a pass through on arc and on Netflix/Sky TV with Dolby Digital +. If you are still struggling as I was to get Atmos to work I had to reset my TV and it sorted it all out.   Thanks. ... View more

Seems the issue is with how Samsung TV is storing meta data to say hey Netflix we have a Dolby Atmos enabler device here. Great televisions bit terrible buggy firmware’s they really need to invest money in getting their firmwares and Dolby Atmos stuff sorted out or at least giving us an option for it that sorts replicates what we are having to do as a work around. All that money an they can’t get it sorted out terrible Samsung very very lazy development! ... View more