Super Bowl Atmos Audio

Big Xfinity announcement today about the Super Bowl, saying audio would be done in Atmos on Stream using the Roku Ultra and Fire Stick 4K platforms. Curious about that as Stream has never done more than stereo for any content on any platform. Atmos was touted for the Paris Olympics, but it was still just stereo.

I check back on audio over Stream periodically, and it was still just stereo a few weeks ago on my Roku Ultra, Fire Cube 3, and the LG OLED TV Stream app.

Has something changed?

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BIslander

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2 months ago

The Super Bowl is just a few days away. Any info on whether Stream is actually jumping from stereo to Atmos for this event?

Also, Enhanced 4K during the Olympics came on the actual 4K channels that were added for those two weeks. As best I can tell, the Super Bowl will be handled like nearly all live 4K sports, not on a channel, but accessed by using the X1 voice remote to request the list of available 4K programs. How does something like that work on Stream? Can we even get to the 4K game feed using the Stream app on platforms like Roku or Fire?

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BIslander

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2 months ago

Well... two actual 4K channels showed up on my X1 box today. 1354 and 1355. Stream only has 1354. Stream outputs Dolby Vision on all the platforms in tried - Fire Cube 3, Roku Ultra, and two LG OLEDs G2/C1. Atmos on the X1 and Fire Cube 3. Stereo PCM on Roku and the LGs.

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XfinityJustinC

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@BIslander I apologize for the delay in the response time frame, and definitely understand with the big game quickly approaching, you're looking for an update on the delivery content. I was able to locate this article from our website and found the same link on a Comcast on X post: https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/comcast-dolby-super-bowl-dolby-vision-dolby-atmos-xfinity-x1-xfinity-stream-app?linkId=738826160.

It does look like it will be delivered in both Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos® for the first time ever. The experience will be available to Xfinity TV customers as part of Comcast’s new Enhanced 4K offering on X1. From the information I'm finding, it may only be available on the X1 platform.

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BIslander

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2 months ago

Thanks. As I posted last night, ch 1354 is available in 4K Dolby Vision on Xfinity Stream on the platforms I have. My Fire Cube 3 also does Atmos while the other devices are still only stereo PCM.

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XfinityThomasA

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You're welcome, BIslander. Our team is always happy to help.

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