Dolby Atmos coming soon for home use

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Originally Posted by Poya

I certainly see your point and I love Atmos myself, but I guess I'm just a victim of studio trying to sell me a product. Check it out yourself:

http://www.barco.com/en/Auro11-1/~/media/48FD91C7F9574A4280E49AA8C4CCA90E.ashx

And this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RjP-TDMxjA

Basically, they both say how it's pointless to have speakers on the ceiling because we don't have ears on our heads.

Have you actually listened to both Auro and Atmos? I am curious, because I have and the clear winner in my opinion is Atmos. Could be a preference.

I view Auro as more of an extension of 5.1, while Atmos reinvents how movie sound is planned and used. I think of traditional 5.1 as an equivalent to 480p video. It's a standard that can be done either really well (point in case: The Lego Movie) or not so well (any Michael Bay film). Auro 11.1 is basically like 1080p video, it has all the aesthetics of a 5.1 mix, but with added depth and clarity, as well as minimal height activity (too much height is overkill, as stated by Auro experts themselves).

I may be a bit biased and a romantacist, but I will say the equivalent to Dolby Atmos is 70mm film. There, I said it. However, the diet version of Atmos for home consumers is like 720p video, at least what I've read about it.

Oddly enough, am I the only one who thinks Diet Auro will sound better than Diet Atmos? Just the 9.1 Auro configuration seems fine, and there is an odd chance that Auro for the home would be a better solution because you won't lose much from a theatrical 11.1 mix to 9.1 than a theatrical Atmos mix to 9.1.4X whatever.