Yes, that is what the link I provided confirmed (for me mostly). I am aware of what pass-through means.
To clarify, I was unaware that most/all sets had built-in Dolby Digital Live or DTS Connect functionality. Both of those are compression technologies allowing a 5.1 signal to be transmitted...
ah you're right, it looks like most sets can do DDL over optical, and some can even do DTS. I must be living in the dark ages :eek:
https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/5-1-surround-audio-passthrough
hmm have things changed over the last few years? Last I recall, to get more than stereo over optical, you needed to use an encoder for Dolby Digital Live or DTS-Connect?
As mentioned, with my most recent 2 Samsung TVs, connecting their HDMI ARC port to the receiver is giving me proper...
pardon the question John, but I'm confused by your statement I bolded here. As far as I understand, if you're using the TV's built-in streaming apps, ARC is the only way to get more than stereo 2-channel sound to come out from the TV into a receiver.
I've only used this with two Samsung TVs...