HomePod Apple TV’s new ‘Enhance Dialogue’ feature expands to original HomePod and HomePod mini with tvOS 17.1

[B/D]

Awesome news!

Apple TV’s new ‘Enhance Dialogue’ feature expands to original HomePod and HomePod mini with tvOS 17.1 - 9to5Mac

tvOS 17 was released last month with a handful of new features and changes, including FaceTime support, a redesigned Control...

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[George Dawes]

Bit by bit that little black box is imrpoving

One day .... it will rule them all , Watch out Sony !!!

 

[B/D]

Bit by bit that little black box is imrpoving

One day .... it will rule them all , Watch out Sony !!!

It already does in my opinion. No other box, for example, does dynamic and framerate matching as smooth and hassle free as the Apple TV.

The UI is clean, no ads, is very fast...

 

[George Dawes]

Wish my spellink was improving too LOL

 

[ScrumpyDaniel]

Well.. Did not expect this! Brilliant news, looking forward to seeing how it is!

Agree with @B/D regarding the Apple TV. Easily the best box on the market. However since getting my HomePods i've never been able to get the audio to sync up when match frame rate is on despite using the audio calibration. So I have to have it off and match range on which is a shame, but a price I have to pay for good audio haha.

 

[B/D]

Well.. Did not expect this! Brilliant news, looking forward to seeing how it is!

Agree with @B/D regarding the Apple TV. Easily the best box on the market. However since getting my HomePods i've never been able to get the audio to sync up when match frame rate is on despite using the audio calibration. So I have to have it off and match range on which is a shame, but a price I have to pay for good audio haha.

Maybe try to disable all the post processing picture settings of your tv, such as motion interpolation, or try the "Game Mode" preset if available.

No issues on my LG OLED with all the post processing turned off in the settings.

 

[ScrumpyDaniel]

Maybe try to disable all the post processing picture settings of your tv, such as motion interpolation, or try the "Game Mode" preset if available.

No issues on my LG OLED with all the post processing turned off in the settings.

Yeah, I use game mode which eliminates everything, but it still gives me sync issues with match frame rate annoyingly. I have an LG 4K but not OLED. Do you do the wireless audio calibration? If so did you do it before turning on match frame rate or after? I'd love to use match frame rate but I've tried countless times to no avail

Looking forward to the enhanced dialogue however! Glad their supporting it with the OG's!

 

[B/D]

Yeah, I use game mode which eliminates everything, but it still gives me sync issues with match frame rate annoyingly. I have an LG 4K but not OLED. Do you do the wireless audio calibration? If so did you do it before turning on match frame rate or after? I'd love to use match frame rate but I've tried countless times to no avail

Looking forward to the enhanced dialogue however! Glad their supporting it with the OG's!

Never did the calibration because I never had the need to do so. Always perfectly in sync for me, even before the home theater mode was introduced.

Try to do the wireless audio calibration for every frame rate manually ( for example do it for 60hz, then change the output to 50hz do it again, then change it to 24fps, then do it again...)

That should fix it. Run the calibration for every frame rate with frame rate matching off and then when finished turn it on again.

As for the enhanced dialogue feature, I´ve heard is quite the game changer. Not only the pods have louder dialogue with it enabled, but apparently a louder maximum volume in general without distortion, which is great for content mixed at a low volume.

 

[ScrumpyDaniel]

Never did the calibration because I never had the need to do so. Always perfectly in sync for me, even before the home theater mode was introduced.

Try to do the wireless audio calibration for every frame rate manually ( for example do it for 60hz, then change the output to 50hz do it again, then change it to 24fps, then do it again...)

That should fix it. Run the calibration for every frame rate with frame rate matching off and then when finished turn it on again.

As for the enhanced dialogue feature, I´ve heard is quite the game changer. Not only the pods have louder dialogue with it enabled, but apparently a louder maximum volume in general without distortion, which is great for content mixed at a low volume.

I'll give it another go. Have tried countless times with every frame rate etc but has never synced up properly with MFR on. I even raised a support ticket with Apple 2 years ago about it. I have mine set to 50hz as I'm in the UK but i'll try it again.

The enhanced dialogue does sound good. To me this sounds the biggest upgrade since the ATV 4K supporting ARC/eARC in 2021 with the HomePods which was an absolute game changer for me!

 

[Aves]

nice!!!

 

[BadBuoy]

I wasn't even aware of this. Going to try it soon.