[/QUOTE]I bought the Q95T with the purpose of using eARC, Sonos and the PS5 together. I found out that LPCM is supported in the console and the tv (as stated in the e-manual) but only to show Stereo PCM 2.0.
I went into Samsung support chat and I was told to wait for a message. I waited and the response I got received back 1st Feb was this
View attachment 3119542 Can anyone explain this to me. Just confused. Pretty sure I saw a website that shows that eARC should support uncompressed 5.1/7.1. Right?
I'm not sure what the Samsung rep is trying to say. Stereo LPCM works both through the TV speakers and via eARC. Multi-channel PCM isn't supported whatsoever by this TV.
The official HDMI 2.1 spec is very generous to manufacturers around eARC. Only sinks (e.g., soundbar, receiver) are required to support the major formats (including multi-channel PCM). Sources (TV) only have to support stereo PCM and not even any bitstream formats from what I recall.
The best thing would be if manufacturers were completely upfront about what they support or don't so we can make an educated decision. Until then, best option is to buy from a retailer that will let you return. If enough folks return these because of incomplete specs, maybe things would change.
AFAIK, LG OLEDs support multi-channel PCM via eARC.