For all the 2018/2019 and any hdmi 2.0b tvs out there that could benefit from Samsung actually providing eARC capabilities to their customers televisions... im very surprised this topic isn't more active!
Mid July came and went and no update was sent out that was rumored for eARC... My tv is on firmware 1361 that I had to manually update to from 1352 or something... (can't remember) and I didn't see much change to be honest. Hopefully we see an update that's actually useful soon!
With the lack of communication coming from the manufacturer and lack of interest and intent to provide full feature support specifically to the 2019 8k line in my case (and other tvs I have as well) I'm at the point where now I actually may jump ship and go with the competition in the future. I wouldn't care if we had some transparency and were told directly... "we regret to inform our customers the current hardware you purchased is insufficient for eARC capabilities you'll need to buy 2020 instead"... I'd respect that honestly... but all you hear is crickets and a new model lineup with all the features we asked for and none for the previous year... not a good way to bring in a new 8k generation and honestly... other competitors may have their flaws but at least they openly admit to them and carry on! I'm starting to think I'd like to have Dolby Vision and other things I'm limited on by Samsung and maybe this 8k generation will be the turning point of who I give my dollars too going forward... what do you guys think on the subject?
By the way the petition is at 186 signatures
keep em coming, spread the petition around! May as well try. We might be a mosquitoe on a giant but... it will be noticed at the very least.
Cheers!