Microsoft to bring Dolby Atmos support towards Xbox One

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/13/2016 01:52 PM | source: | 9 comment(s)

In a tweet Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson from Microsoft informs us that Microsoft is going to support blu-ray bit-stream pass-through in a preview version of the Xbox One OS. With the new support the XBox One is going to support digital audio signals unaltered through SPDIF.

Among the supported formats you are going to see Dolby Atmos (sound effects from above). The formats will be able to be passed through HDMI towards a receiver that supports Dolby Atmos, but also DTS and Dolby Digital variants.

Both the Xbox One as the S model will get supported, You need to be part of the insider program to get your hands on the early build of the OS. Once finalized the update should be released to the general audience somewhere in 2017.

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RooiKreef
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#5370334 Posted on: 12/13/2016 02:33 PM

All of a sudden I'm glad to have a xbone.

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#5370353 Posted on: 12/13/2016 03:07 PM

For an entry level 4k/UHD Blu-Ray player it's hard to beat the XBOX One S. It's only downfall was the lack of high quality audio support like Atmos. This seems to fix that so...I'm in.

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#5370362 Posted on: 12/13/2016 03:19 PM

Now I'm gonna need to upgrade to an Xbox One S. And a 4k tv!

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#5370410 Posted on: 12/13/2016 05:09 PM

Still waiting next year to see what 'Scorpio' will bring. Spend more time on my PC these days with that Xbox play anywhere initiative (Gow 4 was a positive surprise for a PC Microsoft game in a long time).

I'd only buy the One S if you got the money to throw around and NEED an Xbox One right now or if 'Scorpio' happens to be triple the One S price at launch (with its specs on paper).

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#5370417 Posted on: 12/13/2016 05:23 PM

This is really cool (I never heard of Atmos until now) but it's sad knowing it probably isn't going to get anywhere for a while. It's hard enough justifying a 5.1 surround setup. There's so little media out there that properly supports 7.1, let alone channels above your head.

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