Sound on Sky glass?

[geordiejohn1950]

Hello can anyone please tell me what the dolby atmos sound is like on Sky Glass please,can you hear sound behind you.

Thank you.

[GaryOgden1957]

Well I paid the extra and doesn't sound any different, so I will cancel; mine.

[TimmyBGood]

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@geordiejohn1950 wrote:

can you hear sound behind you.

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Atmos is generally thought of as vertical rather than rear audio, and Glass has two (very small) upfiring drivers in its frame to (in theory) bounce sound off the ceiling.  The set is intended to be 'better' than a typical television with a stereo pair of rear facing speakers, but despite the advertising campaign it's not actually magic.

No such device can produce authentic surround sound: that's a physical impossibility.  Higher-end soundbars attempt to imitate the effect using angled drivers.

[CoffeeDrinker · Accepted solution]

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@geordiejohn1950 wrote:

Hello can anyone please tell me what the dolby atmos sound is like on Sky Glass please,can you hear sound behind you.

Thank you.

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It's fine. We have our 43" Glass in the bedroom, on top of a chest of drawers at the bottom of the bed in the centre of the wall.

For built in, the speakers are ok. The sound field doesn't extend much beyond the sides of the screen, nor much above it for the Atmos height channels. Compared to our dedicated Denon AV receiver with a full 5.1.2 speaker system (the .2 are upfiring ceiling reflectors, not in ceiling speakers).

, there is no contest. Glass does not come close to the enveloping surround & height sound field. I might well hear individual sounds and voices coming from slightly to the left and right of the Glass screen but never from behind or above me.

if you think of the built in sound as being similar to a good budget/lower mid priced soundbar. It is better than the overwhelming majority of TV set's built in sound.

As a long term AV fan from back before the days of Laserdisc, I suspect the sound from Glass will be more than good enough for most people. Heck, I'm typing this whilst watching 1979's The Amityville Horror on the Glass upstairs and it's good enough - sound is full, dialogue is intelligible and there is nothing glaringly wrong with it. For an all-in-one set, I'm happy with it.

if you're wanting the full behind & above you surround & height effect of Atmos, Glass' own built in sound probably isn't for you and it's worth considering a good, dedicated Atmos soundbar with seperate surround speakers instead.