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Kind of a weird question: Does anyone keep multiple copies of a movie if they're different versions? I've been upgrading a lot of my blurays to 4K bluray and I cant decide if I should keep the blu.

I spoke to Samsung and they never said it wasn't compatible but I assumed it was. I was on the phone for a good 30 minutes with them having me try different settings and never did they even on propose that it didn't support DV

I have a Samsung UBD-K8500 4K bluray player connected to my TCL 55R615 with an amazon basics HDMI 2.0 cable. Both have the newest software version. Playing The Matrix 4K bluray and the Grease 4K bluray, both encoded with Dolby Vision, only the "HDR" icon pops up in the corner. In the TCL...

Thank you for replying but it's been a while since I posted that. I now have the 4K blurays and a 5.1.4 system and I agree, it sounds amazing!

I recently upgraded from 5.1.2 to 5.1.4 and I'm wondering if moving my rear heights will improve atmos. My room is small as well, only 14x12x8'. My front heights are built into my onkyo fronts, but I have the onkyo skh410's for rear heights. I currently have them mounted on the walls to the...

I'm happy with my rear surround performance as is, but I can adjust my rear modules to what's shown in the attached picture. I have my TV and LCR on a rolling entertainment center so I can view at the optimal distance, so I want to have adequate separation between FH's and RH's. Also I would...

I just bought a 9 channel Denon X4300H to upgrade from 5.1.2 to 5.1.4. My 5.1.2 arrangement has been awesome but I'm worried about the rear placement. I'm using Onkyo atmos enabled modules for rear (fronts have upward firing built in) but my rears are mounted flat on side walls right next to...

The first 4 Harry potter films will be releasing on 4k bluray this fall with DTS:X, and I can't help but wonder if their sound design (not just the format) will be updated along with the picture. These first 4 films had underwhelming surround sound tracks (partially because of the young...

What exactly is HDR premium? My Samsung ku6500 is only capable of that type of hdr. My research has led me to believe that it has only a marginal improvement over standard dynamic range, but I'm curious if anyone has done more extensive research or tests.

You are probably right, and because it isn't that old and hasn't received a remix. Maybe they redid the sound design for the 5.1 dts-hd ma track on the Blu-ray that comes in the UHD release.

It's receiving all 6 channels.

So a 2-3mbps compressed codec when decoded can contain more information than a 5.8mbps uncompressed? I'm just trying to understand if using a compressed codec equates to more surround/sound activity as a whole.

I think you misunderstood my question. Some Harry Potter blurays have an LPCM surround mix at 5.8 mbps that is sent straight to the receiver because it needs no decoding. The later Harry potter movies have truehd or dtshd ma which are sent to the receiver and decoded. (I know the decoding in...

It might just be how they did the sound design like you said, because the first 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies are LPCM and they are fantastic.

I've read everywhere that they're all "bit by bit identical to the master" but it makes no sense to me that the sound design is drastically better when a compressed losses codec is introduced.

Specifically looking at the Harry Potter blurays, the first 5 films have a 5.1 LPCM track at a fixed 5.8Mbps, but the last 3 films have either a TrueHD or DTS-HD MA track. Having just finished the 5th film and starting the 6th, I've been astonished by the increase in surround and LFE activity...

Has anyone watched the Harry Potter movies with their regular 5.1 mixes on a Dolby Atmos system? How much more immersive is it with the upmix?

I agree with the previous response, since it's receiving the sound information, it won't be lit up on the reciever. And also, optical/toslink can only pass Dolby Digital with 5.1 surround. If you try to play DTS-HD MA, Dolby TrueHD, or a PCM bluray movie, it can only carry 2.1 surround. But...

Out of your regular 5.1 or 7.1 bluray tracks, which ones sound the best upmixed to Dolby Atmos or DTS:X?

I'm upgrading my bedroom hometheater and the budget 4k/hdr tv I'm looking at is 60hz. My 1080p tv now is 120hz which I've heard works better with 24fps blurays. Will UHD Blurays played on a 60hz tv looks more blurry from the fps conversion?

What's your reasoning for the Phillips player?

I currently have 1080 and 5.1 but I want to upgrade to atmos and 4k for the impending harry potter re-releases. On a budget, I'm planning on getting these components: Onkyo HT-S5800 Hisense H8 Philips BDP7501 What are your opinions of these products. I know they are low/mid-range but I'm just...

The traditional coax "cable" used to transmit standard definition straight to your TV in analog form very easily. But everything is transmitted digitally because it can travel compressed (which makes HD take up less bandwidth) which has to be processed in the cable box (unfolds all the info that...

I love watching animated movies on bluray (even though I'm 19) and Cloudy with a chance of meatballs amazed me. I can't imagine how much better it could've looked even with HDR. And the 5.1 mix was incredible, it was one of the most immersive children's movies I've heard with my ideally placed...

I guess, but why not at least start with a 5.1 system for movies? Then you can add more surrounds and another sub. I'm also surprised you went with a sound bar to use with a reciever when the speaker separation should be farther apart on the front end

I'm confused. You bought a 7.2 reciever and you're using a 3 channel sound bar with it? Why waste your money on an awesome reciever and not utilize the surround sound?

It turns out I had to change a setting on my bluray player to output lossless. the setting was labeled very oddly and I never realized what it did

I'm on a budget and I'm looking for a 1080p LED. So far the 43" vizio d-series is what im looking at but it doesn't have a great cnet rating. Besides the bad viewing angles (I will be right in front) is it a bad option?

Wow that's a lot of great info, thank you :)

Of those of you that have top of the line home theaters, it this HTiB decent? Onkyo HT-S3700 5.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver/Speaker Package https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00LU0GPAI/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8