I have both my living room and dining room televisions hooked up to surround sound systems. In the case of my living room television, it is hooked up to an older (but quite serviceable) Blu-ray player with long wires connecting to the back speakers. I enjoy watching movies on it that make use of all of the speakers, and have a tendency to excitedly point it out when that happens.
Today, I discovered that I did not have my PS5 properly set up to make full use of this system. I was going through the settings for another reason entirely when I saw that my HDMI sound settings were set to stereo and the output was set as Linear PCM instead of Dolby. Now, I have learned that LPCM is the best method when connecting to newer sound systems as it can support 7.1 speakers (one front center, two front sides, two sides, two back sides, and a subwoofer); however, my older sound system does not support LPCM and only has a 5.1 system. Apparently, this automatically downgrades my sound to 2.1.
The difference is astonishing! Suddenly, Geralt's world (I'm playing the Witcher 3) came alive all around me. I could hear as monsters tried to circle behind me. The cities are now filled with music and talking from all around. It's a significant change in experience, making me wonder what I've missed in the other games that I've played on the system. At least I get to experience it now.
Today, I discovered that I did not have my PS5 properly set up to make full use of this system. I was going through the settings for another reason entirely when I saw that my HDMI sound settings were set to stereo and the output was set as Linear PCM instead of Dolby. Now, I have learned that LPCM is the best method when connecting to newer sound systems as it can support 7.1 speakers (one front center, two front sides, two sides, two back sides, and a subwoofer); however, my older sound system does not support LPCM and only has a 5.1 system. Apparently, this automatically downgrades my sound to 2.1.
The difference is astonishing! Suddenly, Geralt's world (I'm playing the Witcher 3) came alive all around me. I could hear as monsters tried to circle behind me. The cities are now filled with music and talking from all around. It's a significant change in experience, making me wonder what I've missed in the other games that I've played on the system. At least I get to experience it now.
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