Introducing DTS Play-Fi Home Theater
Surround Sound over Wi-Fi for TVs
DTS Play-Fi is bringing wireless surround sound to the masses. By working over industry-standard Wi-Fi, a first of its kind, Play-Fi Home Theater adds wireless surround sound capabilities to TVs without incurring additional hardware costs for manufacturers or consumers. That means: no adapters, no dongles, and no add-on boxes. Using just the TV's built-in Wi-Fi and users' existing wireless networks, anyone can enjoy an incredible surround sound experience with DTS Play-Fi Home Theater.
Televisions featuring DTS Play-Fi Home Theater will hit the market in Q3 of 2021 and are compatible with the outstanding ecosystem of Play-Fi soundbars, speakers, and amplifiers in the market today.
DTS Play-Fi’s latest innovation solves long-standing industry issues related to reduced sound quality from ever thinner TVs and the inherent aesthetic challenges of speaker wires and HDMI cables. Play-Fi Home Theater offers a number of configurations to wirelessly upgrade a TV’s audio performance and bring life-like surround sound to any room. Consumers using TVs featuring Play-Fi Home Theater can:
- Use the TV’s built-in speakers as part of the surround system or upgrade them with a Play-Fi enabled soundbar or discrete Play-Fi enabled front speakers to improve audio quality without creating unsightly wiring between TVs and external speakers or electronics
- Add Play-Fi enabled speakers as surround speakers to envelop the listener in sound
- Add up to two Play-Fi enabled subwoofers to bring deep, room-shaking bass to your TV
- Utilize Play-Fi’s complementary functionality, like multi-room grouping of the TV with Play-Fi enabled speakers for music and TV audio, and app-based headphone listening
DTS Play-Fi automatically adapts to the number of speakers connected to the TV giving users a modular way to meet the needs of their room or a path to upgrade over time as they purchase additional components.
“We’re thrilled to introduce this latest DTS Play-Fi Home Theater technology to the market,” said Dannie Lau, General Manager DTS Play-Fi. “Consumers no longer need to compromise aesthetics for an improved audio experience. They can attain better sound quality simply by using a wireless subwoofer placed out of sight or build a high-performance home theater using a full complement of wireless speakers and subwoofers.”
The DTS Play-Fi ecosystem features the largest collection of products in the whole-home wireless audio space, with hundreds of interoperable speakers, televisions, soundbars, set-top boxes, and A/V receivers available from over 30 leading consumer electronics brands, allowing customers the ability to interoperate and find the right product for their individual needs.
You can find more details about what TVs support this feature here at this link. Stay tuned for more news and updates coming for DTS Play-Fi soon!
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Harley 09-03-21
I have a few questions. Will this update become backwords compatible with existing play fi tv’s?
I have an oled805 from philips and would love to have the speakers work with my play fi surround.
I now use a play fi soundbar with 2 play fi rear speakers. Are we able to add new channels with the update like 7.1 or even 9.1 channel lay out?
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Grzegorz 10-19-21
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Thijs Kok 11-22-21
I dont understand, i have all the things in this article but it does not seem to work out fine for me.
Okay, i have a Philips PUS8535 TV connected to a Philips TAB8405 with the playfi app on the TV, so without any cable.
Also i’ve added 2 Philips TAW6205 to the setup. So i have the tv AND soundbar as center front speaker and a 6205 as rear left and a 6205 as a rear right.
The whole setup is wireless connected over the playfi app. It is all working fine until i put the 6205 speakers in surround mode. I cant get any sound from both of the 6205 in surround mode.
If i dont use surround mode then the rears are working as center speakers too wich sounds very weird when watching movies or tv. Sound wich is supposed to come from the left now also comes from the front and right.
Anyone knows what to do?
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DTS Play-Fi 11-22-21
Hello,
If you want to know more about the Home Theater feature and TVs that support it (at the moment), check here: https://play-fi.com/faq/entry/what-tvs-work-with-play-fi-surround
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Thijs Kok 11-22-21
Yes i know, my Philips PUS8535 is not listed.
But how can i get surround mode working? Or at least how can i get any sound at all from my 6205 in surround mode? I’ve tried TV, Netflix and Youtube but in surround mode the 6205 speakers dont give any sound at all.
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DTS Play-Fi 11-23-21
If you mean that you’ve configured the sound bar for Play-Fi Surround with the 6205 speakers, then it’s possible that no audio may come out of those speakers in instances when no surround data is being transmitted to the speakers. To get surround pass through the 8405 in your configuration, you’ll need to have the bar connected to the TV via optical or HDMI ARC, and have the TV set to output via the connected Audio System. Then the bar will receive a surround bitstream, and pas the appropriate channel content out to surround speakers. You may also want to increase the relative volume of the 6205s so that the audio is louder, as in some instances the surround audio from the bitstream may be too quiet. If you have other questions or need more help, please reach out to support@play-fi.com
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Andrew L Thomas 11-30-21
When in surround mode fi is expecting 5.1 system, yes? And its getting 2…3.0?
I’m confused, so is fi , that’s why it sounds shit, not enough speakers…
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Michael 11-26-21
Hi , I bought Philips oled 806 and I know that is not on the list for Dts home theatre , but I have a Fidelio b95, and taw6205 x2 , is it possible to make them surround ? And is there plans to add more tv’s from Philips brand overtime ?
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DTS Play-Fi 11-30-21
Yes, The B95 supports our original Play-Fi Surround feature, so adding the 6205 speakers to the surround group will enable the B95 to take in a surround signal from one of its HDMI or optical inputs and distribute the surround channels to the 6205 products.
Indeed, there are more products and televisions planned to update to include DTS Home Theater Support, and the feature itself will also expand to support more options and features. There should be more news and updates regarding this in 2022.
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Rob 11-29-21
How many playfi speakers can you add to play fi surround sound
I have a philips play fi TV
A philips playfi soundbar and woofer
4 philips playfi 6205’s
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DTS Play-Fi 11-30-21
As of this writing, You can simultaneously add one Play-Fi product as the front channels, 2 Play-Fi subwoofers as 2 individual wireless subwoofers, and 2 Play-Fi speaker products as individual Left Surround and Right Surround. This will expand in several different ways over time.
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Rob 11-30-21
Okay thanks.
Will options expand soon? as I have 4 6205’s and can only use two so thinking of returning other two as only want for surround sound.
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Robert 12-02-21
Okay thanks.
Will options expand soon? as I have 4 6205’s and can only use two so thinking of returning other two as only want for surround sound.
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