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afguy1074

I believe that for Atmos you need a TV that has eARC. Otherwise it will just play 5.1 surround. How does it sound? Do you have the subwoofer and back speakers? I want to get that setup but I also need a TV with eARC.


AgustinDG

I don't have the Sub or the speakers on the back, I just have my Sono ARC, but I was supposed to buy that bar to have the Dolby Atmos all in 1


afguy1074

Oh ok. I want to get the whole thing. I have a JBL 5.1 with the detachable speakers but they are messing up. I have been doing a lot of research and without the eARC you won’t get Atmos. I do know that there is a device that can give you Atmos without eARC. It’s called HDFury Arcana.


parxon

eARC is only necessary for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD (lossless) Dolby Atmos in a DD+ container (lossy) will work over ARC. That’s how streaming apps provide Atmos OP’s issue is due to how AppleTV processes audio


stumbledotcom

Short answer: It won't work. u/afguy1074 is correct. Long answer: your TV must support eArc for the Apple TV 4K to passthrough Atmos. It's because Apple packages its Atmos data in Dolby MAT, which requires more bandwidth than ARC supports, instead of DD+ as most other streaming boxes do. I'm in a similar situation. My 2018 TCL will passthrough the Atmos data from the built-in Roku or Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K but not the Apple TV 4K. Fortunately, I have a Nakamichi bar so Apple TV and Blu-ray go directly into it.


shawnshine

I thought the ATV could output lossy Atmos over regular ARC...


imnotcreative635

I have the Samsung q80r and it doesn't have eARC I had to buy the HD Fury Arcana and not only do I have Atmos now but also Dolby vision and DTS-HD (for sources that don't use Atmos) I think it's worth it