Hit the nail on the head. Every time QVC promotes Bose products they say something like " Rich and Immersive Sound ", It's then you know it will be Crap.Must be all the people who watch QVC that keep Bose going.
One benefit to e-ARC might be with lip sync issues. If you search Sonos Beam and lip-sync issues you'll see a plethora of complaints.There are no HDMI inputs and while there is eARC, the lack of lossless audio support makes it redundant