Connecting everything to soundbar

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wallofbeans wrote: »

I've found a polish website reviewing this soundbar and it's big brother. I'm not sure how well the review is translating what they are saying, but there is mention of '2 x elliptical broadband transducers in the beam' and I wondered what they meant by that..?

They also mention stuffing a handkerchief into the subwoofer to dampen the sound!

http://www.benchmark.pl/testy_i_recenzje/panasonic-htb488-688-test.html

That'll be two Speaker Unit Full Range: 4.5 x 12 cm Cone Type Speakers which makes more sense than Panasonic's own website :doh:

So it is a genuine 2.1 soundbar.

DoaM

Colin_Maybe wrote: »

a mute point (no pun intended).

No pun needed, as the word you were looking for was moot.

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DoaM wrote: »

No pun needed, as the word you were looking for was moot.

Damn, I missed that

almillar

Which is why I said I'd always recommend that way, whether anyone else decides that's right for them is entirely up to them.

But then you're potentially stripping the 5.1 sound out. The point of my pedancy!

Is it? I highly doubt that's how 'it's usually done' because it's entirely dependant on your equipment/budget

Yes, I wasn't clear enough, I'll expand on 'usually done' - usually done with home cinema amps. That's the angle I was coming from and what I have experience with.

You say:

Sorry, but that's pure nonsense

but then

can simply be adjusted on the soundbar itself just once (presuming it allows this).

Is it nonsense or not? Does lipsync sometimes need to be adjusted for, or not?

the manual though that states it does pass it through.

It doesn't explicitly say 5.1 DD and DTS, that's all. The way I know on any amps I've experienced, is that it'll disply Dolby Digital or DTS on the amp's screen AND all the speakers will be lit up on it, rather than just 2.

Yes it is, and it's almost 100% of the sets that all pass through Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 sound although they're all newer than mine (I think).
Given the above why would you doubt that mine does? I'm genuinely puzzled.

I know, I'm being pedantic and, perhaps, overcautious, but OP is about to spend hundreds of pounds. Your TV is very new, as are the TVs in that list. I'm talking about, let's say, 2016 and back TVs. But you're speaking about 2017 onwards TVs. You're talking as if everyone has these, and TV sound passthrough downmixing isn't an issue. You've been able to update me on the situation, that newer TVs generally seem to have finally solved this silly problem, but you don't seem to believe my caution that there are plenty of 'old' TVs out there that simply don't pass everything through as is.

I'm starting to think I should be looking for a soundbar that offers a few more whistles and bells.

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