Samsung Q8 2018 model .. Pcm or Bitstream for Home theater setup.. Whats the best option

next010

If your using ARC on Samsung then the settings can be a bit confusing
Settings->Sound->Expert Settings
* HDMI Input Audio Format = enable or disable bistreaming, the last Samsung I owned badly labelled these as PCM (disable) and bitstream (enable), Samsung may or may not have changed them.

* Digital Audio Output Format = with bitstream enabled you select the audio format, ideally it should be Auto if Samsung provide it (they didn't on my last unit) so you have to manually select DD, DD  or DTS 5.1, also PCM is listed here too which is just stereo. Set it to DD or DTS not DD .

On PS4 audio settings
* PCM = Automatic configuration based on HDMI connection, 2.0, 5.1, 7.1
* Dolby 5.1
* DTS 5.1

ARC is limited to PCM 2.0, Dolby 5.1, DTS 5.1, you can't get the higher quality PCM 5.1/7.1 audio over ARC.

TechWizard

question guys on the 16:9 fot to screen where ti has either standard custom and off or fit to screen .. when i click off it actually zooms in the pic but when i put fit to screen the picture zooms out and you see more of the picture.. is this feature supposed to be on fit to screen on ?

TechWizard

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zeppelino

I have my Q7 set to fit to screen. Haven’t noticed any issues so far with it set up this way.

malkyvich

Ive been getting badly synched audio when watching TV on Q6FN, Im listening through TV speakers. Am I best choosing PCM or bitstream? Using with Virgin media Tivo V6

JayCee

Go into your VM Tivo audio settings and set it to “Dolby D to PCM”

Knocker07

Samsung qe75q8dn how do I now when it's playing hdr example Netflix my oled lights hdr up in corner thank

dots999

It will have a little HDR in the picture mode in the home menu ( over to the left of the home menu) e.g. if in Movie mode it will have a little HDR in the centre as well as saying Movie