OREI eARC 8K Audio Extractor, Extract Dolby Atmos Convert Sound bar 4K @ 120hz 18G HDMI 2.0 ARC Support HDCP 2.2 Perfect for 8K Monitors, CEC, HDR, Dolby Vision, HDR10 Support Sonos Bose (BK-929)

Nice product, good customer support

I have a Tv it doesn't support Dolby Atmos and I have soundbar with Atmos support. With the help of BK-929 I can get Atmos audio from Fire TV stick

I purchased this product to connect my NVidia GPU (HDMI) to my gaming monitor and Atmos soundbar. This is an updated review. I had purchased this product and was originally dissatisfied with it and returned it. I am a PC gamers that was attempting to connect my NVidia HDMI port to my soundbar eARC port and my gaming monitor. My two concerns in my initial review was that BK-929 appeared to be locked to 120Hz even though I was on a 1440p display with much higher refresh rate. Adding custom resolution via NVCP did not work. Additionally, the BK-929 was using the EDID information from my monitor instead of my Atmos soundbar. This meant that the BK-929 telling Windows 11 I only had two channel stereo and no other sound formats were available. This was/is a common problem I found with units from other manufactures I tested. For years companies that created all these affordable "audio extractors" would only support users with televisions which accurately report audio formats. However, PC users were left out as nearly all gaming monitors don't have ARC/eARC. Orei actually read my review and reached out to me after I had returned the product and offered to help me find a solution with a firmware fix. The unit they sent out had an updated firmware that unlocked the 120Hz restriction and was able to support ~220Hz which more than adequate for gaming; however, it didn't fix the issue with unit only using EDID from monitor and not soundbar. I communicated with Orei support and they sent me an adjusted firmware that finally unlocked Dolby Atmos and DTS:X through Windows 11. Orei seems like a company that actually cares and are proud of their products. I'm excited that a solution for PC gamers wanting to use use their GPU's that already have the audio capability for Atmos and other formats finally have a product that will work with eARC connections to audio systems without needing a $400 adapter or an AV system with HDMI 2.1 passthrough. This is important as many of the smaller soundbars that are appropriate for a computer desk typically only come with eARC port and not HDMI input (ie: Beam G2/SB400). I'm unsure if the firmware fix was specifically made for me, or if it will fix the issue for everyone. However, if you're planning on using this device to connect your PC GPU to an eARC port on your sound device do know that Orei support is aware and has a solution for PC gamers.

I have tried multiple options using my Apple TV 4K which is connected to a LG TV and Sonos Beam Gen 2, that should support Atmos. But the audio extractor is not generating a Dolby audio format. I have sent a couple of screen shots to them for resolution that are still pending for review. Am using high speed HDMI cables. It’s a slow and pain staking process to get their support revert back to help me out!

No extrae dolby Atmos desde Apple TV 4K conectado a Samsung freestyle 2

Update: support was helpful. Didn’t fully fix the need but got my niche need functional so I am happy. Leaving previous review below to show the weird struggle but updated to 4 star for being functional and good support but -1 star for not working fully as intended. Old review: As of right now I have the same issue another buyer had where it’s not letting me access atmos features. I reached out to customer support as well but sadly they had no idea what I was talking about with a firmware update and refused to send me anything. After about three hours of back and forth I was just told “I’m going to advance your ticket” so now it’s just a waiting game to see if I actually get helped or if I’m just going to end up returning this. We will see. Ps. Even rated at 48gb/s transfer with hdmi 2.1 it wasn’t able to handle 40.6gb/s transfer without dropouts. Will be connecting to a sub screen with lower output needs. Hopefully that will help.