Recommended 43’ TV that will pass through 5.1 from Sky Q Mini to Sonos Beam

[andy.angus]

I am looking for a recommended ‘smaller’ TV to use in the Conservatory with Sky Q Mini and a Sonos Surround system comprising one Beam and two One SLs. I currently have a Panasonic TX-40DS500B and the picture is great but if I try to set the Sky sound to Dolby I get no sound on HD Channels. I believe this is because the TV does not pass through Dolby over the ARC connection. Further research (rting.com) suggests that some manufacturers like Panasonic & Samsung don’t do this while others like LG and Sony do. Unfortunately the current recommended 43’ TV is a Samsung so I need other suggestions!

 

[Samd]

OK I am about to make myself look silly (!) BUT can you not just use the optical out on the Sky Q mini box to connect to the Sonos?

 

[andy.angus]

I could, but then I would not get the full benefit of the HDMI integration between TV, Beam and Sky. That is really just the on/off and volume control but I like things to be easy . I would also loose the benefit of the Sonos for other sources. I tend to watch Amazon Prime & Netflix using the TV’s inbuilt apps. Weirdly, they send 5.1 to the a Sonos Beam fine.