ATMOS PLAYER TV
The Apple TV 4K also integrates directly with your iPhone and iPad, so you control it all without tracking down the remote. Apple's set-top box delivers stunning 4K HDR visuals and supports the latest audio formats like Dolby Atmos. If you want the absolute best Apple TV app experience possible, then the Apple TV 4K is the streamer for you.
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Despite having Apple in the title, the Apple TV+ service is available on almost everything these days - from streaming sticks to TVs and the traditional set-top box. Stream the latest everywhere with the best Apple TV app devicesĪpple TV+ is home to tons of must-watch originals, including Ted Lasso and the Morning Show, so if you want to see what all of the fuss is about, then you need one of the best Apple TV app devices. Apple's more affordable streaming box works with all of the same apps and services as the more expensive 4K model, and it comes with the newly improved Siri remote. But since Dolby Atmos and DTS:X require the player to be in bitstream mode, this is not a viable workaround.If you don't have a 4K TV but still want the premium Apple experience, the Apple TV HD is the way to go. There was previously a workaround for this issue on affected players: switch the player to "PCM" decoding mode, and you could avoid the drop-outs without sacrificing sound quality. I use an OPPO BDP-103 for Dolby Atmos playback with no problems whatsoever. Happily the issue does not affect OPPO's later players (BDP-103, BDP-105). Some of the Dolby Atmos titles currently on the market do use seamless branching, and so they have audio dropouts when played back on a player that doesn't support seamless branching properly. Seamless branching is a method used by DVD and Blu-ray players to branch from one scene to another scene that may be on another part of the disc (not in physical order). Some of the earlier OPPO Blu-ray players like the OPPO BDP-83, BDP-93 and BDP-95 (for example) have problems with Blu-ray Discs that use a feature called "seamless branching" combined with a Dolby TrueHD soundtrack. I say, "should" because there are some exceptions. Inexpensive Blu-ray players that support bitstream output of Dolby TrueHD soundtracks, like this LG model, should work perfectly with the new Dolby Atmos and DTS:X Blu-ray titles. Similarly, if you want to check out DTS:X (the other immersive surround format), then any player that supports DTS-HD Master Audio with bitstream output should work for that. When you send that Dolby TrueHD soundtrack out over HDMI to a Dolby Atmos-capable receiver or processor in bitstream mode, the receiver or processor detects that it is actually a Dolby Atmos track and processes the sound accordingly. Dolby is wrapping up the Atmos "objects" (the height information) into a Dolby TrueHD wrapper that works with existing players and receivers. What kind of spec will I need to look for in my blu ray player's documentation to determine this?įor the most part, any Blu-ray player that supports Dolby TrueHD and bitstreamed output should support Dolby Atmos.
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ATMOS PLAYER UPGRADE
I plan to buy an Onkyo receiver and speakers that can play Dolby Atmos tracks but I can't find anything that says whether my LG blu-ray player that's several years old can make use of the Atmos soundtracks or if I have to upgrade my player as well.