Everything working after 2/9 Xbox update! This is for
@PrMinisterGR since he and I were talking about this 2 months back, and for
@AWESOME 4000 too since we were DM'ing about it, because he and I have same exact TV/sound setups.
BLUF: before the update, if I connected straight to my LG CX TV, I couldn't get Atmos at the bar. If I connected straight to the bar, I could get Atmos, but lost 120FPS.
Now the detailed post. Before, with the Xbox Series S
hooked straight to the bar, I could do 4K/60FPS/HDR/VRR/Atmos, but not 120FPS. Now I've got 120FPS! Before, with the Xbox Series X
hooked straight to the LG CX TV, I could get 4K/120FPS/HDR/VRR but no Atmos. Xbox just wouldn't pass it. It would only do Dolby Digital. Now I've got Atmos! [One caveat: for Xbox game titles, if you connect Xbox straight to the bar, you're only going to have 1080p gameplay (movies will still be 4K though); however, connected straight to the TV, you will have 4K gameplay (or 2K, in my case, since I have Series S).
Before, it was a tradeoff of "do I want 4K/HDR gameplay and
120FPS by connecting straight to the TV,
while sacrificing Atmos?" or "could I live with 4K/HDR gameplay and
60FPS by connecting straight to the bar,
which gives me Atmos?" Now, I don't have to choose. Connecting straight to the TV gives me everything, including Atmos. No audio/dialogue delay, either. I. AM. STOKED.