Any TV's that send lossless audio from native apps via eARC?

[VincentHanna]

My Sony A90J doesn't, and I've not tested the LG G2 but from a brief Google search that doesn't seem to either.

Any idea why this is so hard for manufacturers? These can passthrough lossless audio fine from external inputs via eARC so why not native apps?

It's mainly affecting me watching movies via PLEX, which means my Sony HT-A9 audio system inc ATMOS doesn't get much of a workout - Things either play in 2 channel stereo or lossy DD 5.1

Is the Nvidia shield still the best option to resolve this or are their better solutions in 2023?

 

[VincentHanna]

No

I know that passed through DTS from HDMI inputs and newer LGs don't, but that's not quite the same thing

 

[VincentHanna]

Got the Nvidia shield pro, movies streamed via Plex sound much better now.

 

[VincentHanna]

Still baffling why internal app's can't passthrough lossless audio, only external inputs can

Do we think it's down to costs?