Oppo BDP-103

[SeeMoreDigital]

Another question for the Oppo experts:

If I plug an Amazon 4K Fire Stick in the back USB port of my BDP-103, will I be able to stream Atmos mixes from Amazon Music through my system?

If the 4K Fire Stick outputs a lossy Dolby Digital+ (not Dolby MAT) audio stream, it might be possible. Personally I don't have an Atmos AVR or soundbar to check...

 

[HomerJAU]

If your AVR can decode Atmos then plug the Firestick into your AVR and play Atmos.

 

[Owen Smith]

If your AVR can decode Atmos then plug the Firestick into your AVR and play Atmos.

Yes I should have added that to my reply.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

If your AVR can decode Atmos then plug the Firestick into your AVR and play Atmos.

Agreed... My brother-in-law does this now!

 

[Owen Smith]

Agreed... My brother-in-law does this now!

I'm assuming the original poster had some reason for wanting to plug it into his Oppo HDMI input. In my case it's so I can stream 4K SDR with the Apple TV 4K and have my Oppo 203 downscale it for display on my 1080p TV. This gives considerably better audio and video quality since the 4K streams have higher bit rate audio and video than the 1080p streams.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

I'm assuming the original poster had some reason for wanting to plug it into his Oppo HDMI input. In my case it's so I can stream 4K SDR with the Apple TV 4K and have my Oppo 203 downscale it for display on my 1080p TV...

Don't you have a 4K TV?

 

[Owen Smith]

Don't you have a 4K TV?

No. I can only fit a 32" TV in and I'm about 2.7m from it so I doubt I'd be able to see the extra resolution of 4K.

 

[shokhead]

If your AVR can decode Atmos then plug the Firestick into your AVR and play Atmos.

Will the firestick signal play through the receiver without the receiver being on if it's a newer receiver?

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Will the firestick signal play through the receiver without the receiver being on if it's a newer receiver?

What would be the purpose? Video passthrough to a TV?

 

[Owen Smith]

Will the firestick signal play through the receiver without the receiver being on if it's a newer receiver?

Not when the receiver is Off surely? Some can in Standby assuming the feature works. My Arcam AVR31 has an HDMI bypass feature that can be enabled in Standby but I've never used it.

 

[Owen Smith]

What would be the purpose? Video passthrough to a TV?

Yes. It's so family that don't know how to use the AVR or can't be bothered can still play the last source, or one specific source, through the AVR in standby.

 

[shokhead]

What would be the purpose? Video passthrough to a TV?

Yes, just like my directv DVR, passthrough to the TV. I don't always want to turn on my receiver.

 

[LuvMyQuad]

Yes, just like my directv DVR, passthrough to the TV. I don't always want to turn on my receiver.

Im not sure if a firestick will work that way. There might be HDMI handshake issues. Youd have to try it and see. Would using ARC or EARC work for you?

 

[shokhead]

Im not sure if a firestick will work that way. There might be HDMI handshake issues. Youd have to try it and see. Would using ARC or EARC work for you?

Have not had a chance to try it yet. xmas lazy hangover!

 

[stereoptic]

There shuldo be a "HDMI Passthrough" option on the AVR that can be set to the HDMI input of choice. There may need to be a setting on the TV itself to be modified.