Do you prefer your TV over a cinema screen?

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LegitHyperbole said:

Soundwave said:

Home Dolby Atmos is largely bullshit marketing. You need speakers built into your ceiling and walls to get proper Dolby Atmos, I know people think their $1000 sound bar is the greatest thing ever, but if you put it next to a good theater's 50k+ real Atmos sound system, the difference will be night and day.

Sound bars don't even compare to proper home theater 5.1 systems in most cases, I had a 5.1 home setup like 20 years ago that's well beyond what pretty much any sound bar of today could do. But you have to commit to having large speakers, a large subwoofer, real rear speakers and get all that wired properly to a good main amp. 

Idk, I turn it on on my phone sometimes and I'm amazed by what such little speakers can do. It's not just marketing it actually works. When I do use it on TV, I generally don't cause you have to be perfectly positioned sitting upright it's like 3d audio from a VR headset, it's quite remarkable. 

Dolby Atmos is basically really for theaters, you're not getting true Atmos sound at home unless you invest a shit ton of money and have several speakers mounted into walls, ceilings, etc. 

The difference between a proper Atmos system in a movie theater and like some home theater in a box setup is going to be massive. 

Most people don't notice this stuff because they can't really compare it head to head, if you put these things side by side it would become immediately noticeable what a huge difference it is.