The future is here, and it's shit!
Dropped thousands of dollars on new equipment, spent hours installing 4 ceiling speakers and running wire everywhere. Became even more acquainted with this "money pit" and discovered the section of wall that was rebuilt after the fire (what fire....dunno....but there's charred wood in the ceiling and attic, so there was at some point) was built like fort knox - fire blocks all over the place, filled with insulation, and all the horrible things to get in the way of running cable. Mind you, I'm not against fire blocks and insulation, but when 95 percent of the outer walls don't have it, that makes it rather useless, and just getting in the way. (insulating the place will be a future project, so at least I have a "head start" now)
So, hours later, time to pop in a disc and enjoy the fruits of my labor. And I discover......a PSfucking4 absolutely will not pass along ATMOS info!
Set it to dolby bitstreaming, but all the receiver sees is dolby true hd.
Great......so much for that plan.....
Googled - found people with the same problem, no resolution ever, and plenty of people that like to drive by and say PS4 doesn't support ATMOS, without explaining why it can't just fucking pass the info along to the receiver.
Whatever - I have a trusty old Oppo.
Which has chosen today to completely freeze up. First thought was, perhaps it doesn't like the Abbey Road bluray. (I refuse to update the firmware - they will take my iso playback from my cold dead hands)
But even after I take the disc out, unplug, plug back in, I get to a menu, and the only thing I can make the remote do is open and close the drawer, and even that eventually stops until I force it off or unplug it.
Way to go, Oppo.......I have tons of 70s equipment still going strong. My first Sony SACD player still works. But Oppos? Nope.......broken within 10 years. And now they don't even make them, making what stock is left go up in price. And those will all be dead in 10 years.
Well.....there's thousands of dollars and hours of work down the drain.
Fuck Atmos.
(yeah.....I'll probably just suck it up and buy another bluray player of some sort, so perhaps not all a waste. But damn, this sucks)
Dropped thousands of dollars on new equipment, spent hours installing 4 ceiling speakers and running wire everywhere. Became even more acquainted with this "money pit" and discovered the section of wall that was rebuilt after the fire (what fire....dunno....but there's charred wood in the ceiling and attic, so there was at some point) was built like fort knox - fire blocks all over the place, filled with insulation, and all the horrible things to get in the way of running cable. Mind you, I'm not against fire blocks and insulation, but when 95 percent of the outer walls don't have it, that makes it rather useless, and just getting in the way. (insulating the place will be a future project, so at least I have a "head start" now)
So, hours later, time to pop in a disc and enjoy the fruits of my labor. And I discover......a PSfucking4 absolutely will not pass along ATMOS info!
Set it to dolby bitstreaming, but all the receiver sees is dolby true hd.
Great......so much for that plan.....
Googled - found people with the same problem, no resolution ever, and plenty of people that like to drive by and say PS4 doesn't support ATMOS, without explaining why it can't just fucking pass the info along to the receiver.
Whatever - I have a trusty old Oppo.
Which has chosen today to completely freeze up. First thought was, perhaps it doesn't like the Abbey Road bluray. (I refuse to update the firmware - they will take my iso playback from my cold dead hands)
But even after I take the disc out, unplug, plug back in, I get to a menu, and the only thing I can make the remote do is open and close the drawer, and even that eventually stops until I force it off or unplug it.
Way to go, Oppo.......I have tons of 70s equipment still going strong. My first Sony SACD player still works. But Oppos? Nope.......broken within 10 years. And now they don't even make them, making what stock is left go up in price. And those will all be dead in 10 years.
Well.....there's thousands of dollars and hours of work down the drain.
Fuck Atmos.
(yeah.....I'll probably just suck it up and buy another bluray player of some sort, so perhaps not all a waste. But damn, this sucks)
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