Ok, great topic and timely for me. I am building a theater room as we speak and will stream everything from Netflix, Showtime, HBO, Amazon Prime. I will have a 4K projector either JVC 9 series or Sony. I am Apple based. What are the suggestions for the best audio and video output? I have been using Firestick.
Getting the most out of streamed video: Netflix and Plex (with NVIDIA Shield Pro?)
For those of you running audiophile grade surround sound setups, I'm wondering what your approach is to achieving HQ results from either
The solution: Use an external box to stream the services, which has full HDMI output to A/V processor. Then A/V processor distributes to rest of your system.
Have any of you found a suitable box to stream Plex/Netflix in this way?
On the short list is NVIDIA Shield Pro. Although skeptical due to tiny form factor. comments?
- Netflix, which will naturally be compressed, lossy
- or Plex, which streams local network media. Depending on your source can be blu-ray equivalent.
- HDMI ARC (audio return channel) with limited audio bandwidth support
- Optical with even less audio bandwidth support.
The solution: Use an external box to stream the services, which has full HDMI output to A/V processor. Then A/V processor distributes to rest of your system.
Have any of you found a suitable box to stream Plex/Netflix in this way?
On the short list is NVIDIA Shield Pro. Although skeptical due to tiny form factor. comments?