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Springbok
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Ya, I just paired with a dolby atmos 5.1.4 setup and holy feck. I feel like I've been living in the dark ages for the past few years, as this is all brand new tech to me. HDR 4k movies with that 3d sound is kinda making me wonder if I'll ever go to the movies again... haha
Crone
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Been looking at available movie choices, and I'm not all that impressed. I'm not a huge movie guy though.
Crone
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Yep, the Secret Life of Pets and Star Trek are the ones I've gotten already. At the moment, I only have a 64gb thumb drive, so I've been having to do a lot of copying/paste, but I'm on Amazon right now looking at USB 3.0 hard drives.
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Could always use on of these Amazon.com: Cable Matters USB 3.0 SATA Hard Drive Docking Station - Supports up to 8TB Drives: Computers & Accessories and use whatever hard drive you want.
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The only problem with using a USB drive to play 2160p HDR files through the TV is that the TV won't send Atmos to a receiver - it doesn't have the bandwidth. So you get HDR and smooth playback but only standard surround sound (although all receivers will up mix up an atmos effect)
The problem with using a PC to play back HDR is that Windows HDR implementation isnt perfect. It's a case of installing software e.g. MPC with MadVR and configuring everything properly, and making sure gfx card settings are right too. There's just too many variables to tweak to make sure the image is being displayed as it should, whereas the USB method is plug and play
Could you plug a HD docking station directly in to the TV?
The problem with using a PC to play back HDR is that Windows HDR implementation isnt perfect. It's a case of installing software e.g. MPC with MadVR and configuring everything properly, and making sure gfx card settings are right too. There's just too many variables to tweak to make sure the image is being displayed as it should, whereas the USB method is plug and play
Could you plug a HD docking station directly in to the TV?
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I bought Life yesterday, and while the film is mediocre, the picture at atmos experience was spectacular. Genuinely as good as any IMAX experience without the smells.
Fuck, even the Dolby atmos test disk is awesome
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Some of the newer Tv's pass Atmos through the ARC HDMI port. I know the TCL TV I was shilling does that and it''s a $600 tv.
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Yeah I'm pretty sure the 2016 LG OLEDs they're discussing don't, my 2015 definitely doesn't
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My 63 inch Plasma is getting old in the tooth and has a red static bar that shows against white pictures (like snow scenes).
I'm having a new house built and thinking about doing a 70-75 inch 4k, but this new tech/hdr/fake hdr/dimming zones/panel type etc just hurts my brain.
So far I feel like the 2016 Vizio M is the best looking bang for my dollar. But would appreciate any recommendations.
I'm having a new house built and thinking about doing a 70-75 inch 4k, but this new tech/hdr/fake hdr/dimming zones/panel type etc just hurts my brain.
So far I feel like the 2016 Vizio M is the best looking bang for my dollar. But would appreciate any recommendations.
Crone
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Will frys price guarantee? I got the curved for $1240 on open box, so this is even cheaper than my open box price.
Abefroman
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I'm not exactly sure what you are asking but this should help.
http://www.frys.com/utm_src/page006...nityurl&utm_campaign=lowpriceguaranteeoffline
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