Recent content by katofelinus

01/22/2016 - Update Finally, I was able to install the Samsung HT-J5500W AV Receiver/BlueRay unit to my TV, DirectTV, Apple TV and Hard Drive and almost everything worked as expected. I should say that the AV Receiver/BluRay unit has only ONE HDMI output and ONE Audio Optical input, so there...

Sony is one of TV brands that allows Dolby Digital 5.1 output from any source. Unfortunately, Samsung does not. Just by OTA (tuner) and Streaming. Anything else, including DirecTV, is downgraded.

I have my Samsung UN55UH6830 TV connected to the DirecTV box with an HDMI cable but the TV does not output Dolby Digital 5.1 but DTS Neo 2:5 because it is an "external source" and only "internal sources" like TV Tuner or Streaming output DD 5.1. The only way I can get DD 5.1 is connecting...