Is Apple TV 4K 32gb 2021 still worth buying?
Apple is offering Apple TV(+) for $5.99/month for 6 months.
Sonos Beam gen 2 with Apple tv 4K 2021.
The Apple TV outputs Atmos using Dolby MAT (for no real reason, but that's another story) which doesn't work with ARC, only eARC because of bandwidth.
You have a few options:
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Get a TV with eARC
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Ditch the Apple TV and get a Fire TV or Nvidia shield which will send Atmos metadata via EAC3 without MAT (this is what I did)
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Buy an HDFury Arcana for $250
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Switch to an Atmos sound bar or receiver that has HDMI-in instead of ARC like the Sonos
Also since the Beam doesn't have upward firing speakers Atmos probably doesn't matter that much anyway. You could pick up a fire TV or use your TV's built in apps to test and see if you can hear a difference or not, might not even be worth bothering with.
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