HDMI 2.1 eARC VS ARC Why You Need It! 

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I've always found your content to be very professional and informative. Keep up the amazing work as always. Take care and I hope you're doing well.

I really love your channel. Can't believe I have never seen it before.

It amazing how the newest cables can make your TV and or gaming experience top notch

Very informative video , thanks Steve.

Very informative Tech Steve!!

Great information

Great video this is very helpful I wasn’t really sure about the difference between hdmi cords what supports a 4k tv.👍😃

Great video my guy!

Still coming through for me. Thanks! 🤜🤛

On lg you should switch auto to pass through or you will get compressed audio

Great video

Thanks Steve! I have several HDMI cables from over the years and wish they were better labeled so that I knew which supports 2.0 and 2.1. Though new cables (at least from Amazon) are affordable and I am still in the realm of 60Hz televisions!

Good day Steve, thank you for sharing this essential info on HDMI cables and settings. I have an older Sony model 2018 4K TV (X850F) which only has ARC and I do have a 2.1 HDMI connected here. I use an AVR to decode all (the Onkyo RZ50). Now, when you showed your settings in Audio Output on the Sony in this video and chose eArc mode, immediately afterwards you happened to skip over the 'Digital Audio Out' feature which you left on 'Auto 1'. This setting in Sony says ''Output compressed audio without change''. In my case, and under this setting, should I not choose ''Always output in PCM'' to achieve uncompressed audio instead?... and to be able to hear from my height channels Dolby Atmos and DTS-X formats when playing my movies..?? Please help me with this setting because there are 3 choices under 'Digital Audio Out' with Sony (Auto 1 and Auto 2 which speak about compressed audio, and the third choice is PCM).

Great video! I got a Vizio atmos soundbar hooked up to my x85j and sounds awesome

It’s important to understand that although eARC is part of the HDMI 2.1 standard, eARC does not NEED the HDMI 2.1 chipset. There are lots of TVs, soundbars, and receivers where eARC has been enabled on their HDMI 2.0 chipsets, and it they have the full lossless (uncompressed) 5.1, 7.1, Atmos, and DTS:X (sometimes) format capabilities of eARC. eARC is the one HDMI 2.1 feature that works with the HDMI 2.0 and 18Gbps hardware and cables.

LG 50UQ7570 or samsung cu7000? Which one is better

Hey could you review the Samsung Q600C soundbar?

Greeting. Please how do I connect samsung odyssey neo g8 playstation 5 and sonos beam gen 2? 🙏🙏

Great video as always and very informative! I’ve currently got my PS5 hooked up to a Sony Bravia KD-50X75WL which has an eARC HDMI port, but I’m guessing that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s 2.1? If it isn’t, is it worth upgrading the cable to 2.1 for better audio or stick with the 2.0?

HDMI 1.4 also supports Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD and uncompressed PCM, it's not limited to lossy audio only

Gotta have the right cable or else things won't work right. 😊

Most soundbars don't sound very good only the very, very expensive ones sound good but I still wouldn't call them amazing. If you want the best sound quality and don't mind just a pair a front left/right speakers the best option is to connect a Van Damme digital optical cable from the back of the tv via it's optical output and then connect that to input on a DAC such as an RME ADI-2 DAC FS. Then connect a pair of Van Damme XLR cables from the DAC to a pair of active studio monitors such as the Dynaudio BM5 MKIII on metal speaker stands and put a foam monitor pads underneath. Then have some 50mm acoustic foam files on the walls to dampen room reflections. You can always wrap the foam in the same colour fabric as your walls so they're not as noticeable and unsightly. I used to be a professional sound engineer and that is the best option for a standard two speaker system connected to a tv. Unless you want surround then go for an AV amplifier with surround speakers. I've tried out so many soundbars in shops and not one not even the ones costing arounf £1,000 can match the sound quality I get from my two Alesis M1Active mkII studio monitors on good quality metal speaker stands with foam monitor pads underneath, the Cambridge Audio DAC Magic 100 DAC. I get excellent sound quality and using studio monitors and acoustic foam on the wlls to the sides to stop reflections I can hear actors lines in movies that weren't noticeable when using cheap speakers or soundbars.

I'm new to this but a little confused. I have a Denon x8500h I'm going to be setting up in the next month. It has Dolby Atmos but will I be able to get uncompressed Dolby Atmos using a 4K cable? Or uncompressed? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your awesome videos and contributions to the community! 👍

So let me get this straight Steve I am not a gamer so is it ok to use strictly a HDMI 2.0 cable connected to the ARC with my dvd player?

Good tv gaming introduce ps4 ??? Please help me

Does the hdmi cable matter if im just using it for audio on an earc 2.1 sound bar and no video? Tried doing research and most people say it doesnt matter, what do you think?

I have both cheap 2.1 and more expensive 2.1 cables and I have had issues with both. Certified and non certified. Good luck all. I stopped even trying to use arc and earc.

Greetings,,I have a new Sony 90l tv(65in) and an onkyo receiver that is about 10 years old 7.1 have it connected wiht an optical cable put not all the channels work,which one is the correct HDMI for me and which input do I have to connect it to for the audio ,,Thank you 🙏🏻

What HDMI 2.1 cable would you recommend?

Even if you just have arc on your TV you will still get lossless sound so long as you speaker is EARC and has HDMI imputs. Your TV will Just do video and soundbar sound.

I don't use that eARC connection at all. I don't need to use it.

HDMI 2.1 is like the 16 pin PSU connector... unnecessary invention