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mtbdudex

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Thread title:
Share your home theater full Dolby Atmos (object sound) & video links

There is a recent thread called "YouTube Dolby Atmos Demos", I posted in it, but this thread intention is more holistic and wider view than just YouTube.

What I'm looking for is this:
Great Dolby Atmos full object sound (not channel mapped sound) with accompanying video for home theater group demos.

I have a 9.3.6 Atmos setup in a 2 row basement home theater.
9 = Which is the 7 bed channels plus front wides, this gives seated ear level surround coverage.
6 = Above seats ceiling mounted wise running 3 pairs of speakers, Front heights on screen wall, rear heights on back wall, and top mids on ceiling.
All my speakers are angled to the MLP, which is first row middle left speaker, also have 3 subwoofers.
I use Dirac for audio calibration on my Denon A1H.

Key is with object sound you can turn off some of your speakers and should map to the newer layout.
Also, others with 5.1.2, 7.1.4, atmos sound bars, etc, can also use the same atmos object sound clips, as atmos will render to their setup.
Look here for details: Authoring for Dolby ® Atmos ™ Cinema Sound Manual
other: DOLBY ATMOS HOME THEATER INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
Dolby Atmos Renderer software version 3.0 guide

Ideally some clips from recent popular movies, or specific generated clips for demo purpose to share the enjoyment of Dolby Atmos with video.
Just Dolby Atmos sound w/o video kinda misses the mark IMO for a HT demo.
Most seem to be in apps that are available on AppleTV, or other device platforms like XBox, Playstation, etc.

I'll update this thread post #2 with links as people share them.
 
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My first review will be Odysound on AppleTV, as I had that with full access for 6 days.

Download from the AppleTV app store, loads and looks like shown
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Upon launching seems really neat, slick user interface, nicely organized, lots of categories and files.

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There are 3 sample files you can run, after doing them I opted to do the monthly rate, it included a free 7 day trial period (not 3 like the screen shows)
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I tried a few files, they are very immersive, richly so.
Most utilized full Dolby Atmos sound objects and rendered fully to my 9.3.6 audio layout, a few omitted the wides (or were not panned there by the author)

Now, this one stood out to me, "Intense" balance perfect for a high intensity demo.
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However ... and here's my issue, it's music only, no video to accompany ... :(
None of them have video, that center screen "ball" does some moving / rolling effect, that's all.

Conclusion:
That to me is a deal breaker, as I intended to use these over Thanksgiving and xmas when we have family and guests over for demos.

Cancelled my free trial, costed nothing to try it out.

Note:
If your looking for audio only this may be your cup of tea.
 
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