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  1. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    ARC can be so twitchy. Have you tried just using an optical audio cable from the TV to the receiver? Regarding the UHD player having to be set to PCM, it might be the hdmi cable... just a guess.
  2. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    ...and the reason I suggest a dedicated streaming device is because I've never heard a person going from TV apps to a streaming device who didn't say "I wish I'd done this sooner." Everyone I've seen has had the same comments you see here. That they just work better, faster, smoother, their...
  3. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    I've never heard of that. That should never happen. Which model receiver do you have? Are the hdmi cables old?
  4. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    Honestly, give up on the hassles of "Smart" TVs and get a streaming device. You won't regret it. People seem to be very happy with their Rokus. I have three Apple TVs, and they're just worth the cost.
  5. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    Also, sometimes hdmi-CEC causes problems. If stuff continues to be weird, you might turn that to "Off".
  6. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    PLII isn't really surround. It's two channel that's being decoded into a low grade surround, but if the particular thing you're watching is only two channel, then that's what you'll get. A lot of stuff should show up, probably, as Dolby Digital, which can be up to actual 5.1. One of the...
  7. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    On the Digital Sound setting, what are the other options? Is one of them "Bitstream"?
  8. JohnRice

    LG OLED surround audio HDMI ARC issue and not passing 5.1 audio with streaming devices??

    A lot of people here just feel it's better and much easier to use an external streaming device connected to your receiver, rather than streaming apps in the TV. They're better made and firmware is updated more often. There are inexpensive ones from Roku and Amazon Fire TV, and the Apple TV 4K...
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