HDFury VRROOM 8K

I purchased the HD fury Arcana for one reason - to enable my Sonos Arc to play downmoxed DTS from my Panasonic 820 4k player and display on my LG G1 tv. This is quite an expensive solution, however I was getting very frustrated with my DTS audio 4k discs only playing in 2.0 stereo on the Sonos as LG tvs no longer allow DTS pass through. While the Sonos won’t support full DTS master audio, it will at least downmix it to standard DTS which is better than 2.0. I can also confirm that when using an ears or arc capable tv, the tv ARC will still send down mixed audio to the arcana and through to Sonos. In order to get the best benefit, I have used a UGreen 8k 5 port hdmi switch to connect my 4k blu ray player and Apple TV to the arcana. Which means I can now get the full audio through to the Sonos. I have so far not experienced any lip sync or drop out issues. I also have a ps5, but have this connected to the tv direct and the arc allows surround 5.1 to be passed through the arcana to the Sonos. This is because the arcana will not support VRR (I believe the Arcana 2 will). I can live with standard 5.1 for gaming! Picture quality to rough out is exceptional and I can’t notice any difference. I had to fiddle with settings a bit to ensure Dolby Vision displayed properly. Also worth noting - my G1 has 3 usb outputs. I use only one as the power for the arcana. This currently seems to work and also means the arcana will power cycle with the tv I believe. Be aware that usb puts on tvs are generally underpowered, so I don’t plug any thing else in the spareness to ensure all power routes to the arcana. Failing this solution, the arcana does come with a usb power plug if required. This isn’t the solution for most people I’m sure, and certainly not cheap, but for me it works well.

I have used a hdfury vertex in the past before Sonos finally added support for DTS to the playbar, it was necessary to use the vertex with my Sony TV otherwise I would get silence when playing something with a DTS audio track. I have a Philips Picomax projector, and in order to get sound to my Sonos beams, I have to use a dummy audio cable to silence the internal speaker on the projector, and I then use the arcana in “beam” mode which is fed from a NVIDIA shield, the HDMI output goes to the projector and the ARC output from the arcana goes to the beam, the arcana presents itself as a ARC “TV” and the beam then plays the audio! Perfect! No problems for my gen 1 beam. One thing you must do is that if you change audio settings on your source, then you should cycle the audio on all the parts of the system (in my case I restart the shield and the beam) so that everybody gets to negotiate what sound formats are available, if I change any audio settings on the shield I restart both thr shield and the beam EVERY TIME. If you don’t do this, you might start fiddling with audio and then find that you’re getting stereo PCM output when playing something you know everything in thr chain can play correctly. Been there, got the t shirt many times over, so now I just restart everything and I don’t have any issues. The arcana is working absolutely spot on for me, I can’t comment on its eARC abilities since I don’t have eARC, but its ability to appear as an ARC TV to the beam now means I get great sound on the projector. It’s not a cheap device (although much cheaper than the other vertex) but without it my sound options are much more limited since I then have to use optical audio which severely limits the supported formats. If you’re looking to use this with a Sonos beam, I can recommended it.

Was advised that this product would enable me to split the audio signal to a SONOS ARC soundbar and the video to a 4k projector. For a start some detailed instructions in understandable English might help. The information on the display is of no help. Most importantly it doesn't give a stable consistent output to either the Soundbar or the projector. Will try a bit longer to get it to work but currently thinking is that it will be returned as not fit for purpose.

Finally a way to get dolby atmos back from my fire cube3 to sound bar after it stoped. Now have full atmos and video is brighter and more colourful a very worth wile product that dose what it says and so simple to use.

I bought this to replace an HDMI 2.1 120hz with optical extraction switch I know this item is very expensive however I have wasted around £200 getting to this stage 4k 120hz gaming works flawlessly with my monitor and also using the earc feature into my Sonos soundbar. I have been using this switch for around 6 months and haven’t yet found one fault. For anyone like myself looking at buying this switch and seeing others online at ¼ of the price stating the same figures on paper, I would say save your money and take the plunge on HDfury. I have honestly used 3 switches before buying this one.

I have several items made by HDFury and they are great but for some reason, I went through several of these where HDMI 0 failed. I've had one for years thats not missed a beat and an integral that has been equally reliable but needed one for another projector. It worked great out of the box but within weeks one of the outputs failed (connected device not even recognised), the same happened with the replacement. Tech support from manufacturer was great and informed me there had been some defective units. The third has been working perfectly for months using exactly the same setup so confirms it was the units at fault. If I hadn't had the defective ones, it would have been another 5 star as the units are brilliant but when they are behind av units and a chore to remove, needless to say I was less than impressed by the reliability

The device literally just works. Long term issues on my setup got immediately sort it out when this device have been installed. It’s an investment but I can’t recommend it more!

Merci aux personnes qui ont créés ce produit ! Mon installation est la suivante : TV LG 55UJ634V, 4k, HDR avec port ARC mais pas de eArc (TV de 2017) Apple TV 4k branchée sur une Hdmi SyncBox. Et la Sonos Arc pour le son. Le HD Fury arcana vient parfaire cette installation, je l'ai branché entre la sortie de la Syncbox (qui fait office de switcher Hdmi) et la TV. Après quelques (pas mal en réalité) réglages et le changement des mes câbles Hdmi qui ne supportaient pas le flux (coupures intempestives de l'images pendant quelques secondes). J'arrive enfin à une installation stable ! Le produit est assez simple, léger, une interface en anglais (uniquement), il fait son job à la perfection ! Et projette un message de log sur le bas de l'écran TV super pratique pour visualiser les caractéristiques des flux qui passent par le boitier. (Ce message est désactivable via les réglages). Je recommande ce produit ! Bien que le prix, pique un peu !

Antes de nada, advertir a los posibles comprdores que se descarguen las instrucciones y lean bien los modos de funcionalmiento ya que no es posible ciertas funciones todas a la vez. Hay que decir que este es casi el unico aparato capaz de manejar 4 entradas HDMI 8k 60hz y salir a 2 HDMI en 8K a 60hz, salida hadmi de "Audio Only" y salida HAMI eARC con gestion de Edid, escalador y desescalador, soporte FLR y VRR, Dolby, extractor de audio, etc... al menos el unico por debajo de 1000€ (en fecha finales 2022). PERO!!!! esto no es exactamente correcto. Como aparato es muy buena maquina, y da muchisimas opciones, pero no es capaz de hacer todo lo que esperariamos de un Matrix 8K. Hay que entender que tiene 5 modos y solo podemos usar un modo a la vez, aunque se puede cambiar rapidamente de modo via wifi por la App o a traves del navegador web y accediendo a la configuracion interna. Tiene 5 modos, 2 splitter y 3 matrix: Modo 0 - Splitter: Todas las entradas a las salidas, saldra lo mismo por ambas salidas y misma resolucion (sin escalador o desecalador) Soporta FRL5 y VRR para ambas. Modo 1 - Splitter: Todas las entradas a las salidas, saldra lo mismo en ambas salidas y con escalador a 8k en la segunda salida. Sin soporte VRR. Modo 2 - Matrix: Todas las entradas a todas las salidas independientes hasta 18Gbps, Sin escalado ni desescalado y sin soporte FRL. Modo 3 - Matrix: Todas las entradas a todas las salidas independientes hasta 18Gbps, Salida 2 con desescalado y sin soporte FRL. Modo 4 - Matrix: Todas las entradas a todas las salidas independientes, Salida 1 soporta FRL5, entadas 2/3/4 18Gbps maximo. Como se puede ver, no es un Matricial en toda regla, es una mezcla en la que hay que estudiar y entender los modos para poder encontrar la forma de gestionar el sistema y conseguir que todo funcione correctamente. Algo que ya auguro, sera complicado. Hay que decir, que al marguen de la pantalla oled que lleva en la parte superior, que es muy bonita, pero que realmente su funcion es muy limitada ya que solo muestra informacion de entradas y salidas y modos edid por E/S, yo veo que es algo que suma dinero y que con un sistema por leds tambien serviria y reduciria el coste. El aparato es bonito y bien construido, carcasa metalica bien acabada, muy buenos materiales, muy brillante. PERO !!! señores, esto estara mas bien escondido, no es necesario que parezca un Ferrari, se tendria que haber sacrificado tan buen acabado e incluir un pequeño mando para poder cambiar rapido de entradas y salidas. La configuracion es imposible a traves de la App Android/IOS, la App es mas bien para usarlo de mando, PERO !!! hay que coger el movil o tablet cada vez que queremos cambiar la entrada? eso o ir hasta el aparato y usar los botones mirando la pantallita de encima, que si lo tenemos en un mueble escondido mal vamos. La configuracion a traves de la web es completa AUNQUE!!! se echa en falta muchas cosas. Tiene los apartados de EDID que se puede configurar de forma brillante y de cualquier manera el edid de cada entrada y cada salida incluida la de audio. Por ejemplo, tengo una PS5 a un monitor Gaming 4k120hz VRR y un receptor AV 7.1. Pero tengo el problema de que el monitor le pide señal de audio 2.0 a la PS5 asi que el receptor AV funciona a 2.0. Puedes gestional como quieras el EDID. Le dices que coja el edid de la salida 1 (Monitor 4k120hz VRR audio 2.0) y lo modifique con Full audio 7.1 (o lo que quieras, Dolby, PCM, etc...) asi que las PS5 (o Xbox) recibe edid de 4k120hz VRR full audio 7.1 y lo emite, y el VRRoom distribuye ambas señales a monitor y receptor AV funcionando todo perfecto. Las gestiones de HDR, Dolby Vision y eARC son igual de brillantes y te da la posibilidad de controlarlo y modificarlo todo. PERO!!!! la gestion de los modos es limitadisima, solo puedes seleccionar los modos y nada mas. Estaria bien poder selecionar que opciones quieres por entrada y por salida en base a la potencia del mismo aparato, pero no es asi. Esta cerrado a los modos y punto. EN RESUMEN: El aparato es una MARAVILLA A MEDIAS o una CHAPUZA A MEDIAS depende de como veas el vaso y de como puedas adaptarlo a tus posibilidades asi de a que estes dispuesto a renunciar. Por ejemplo, si quieres 2 salidas a 8K no tendras Matrix, tendras splitter. Si quieres Downscaler o Upscaler no tendras VRR. Y asi varias cosas que hay que considerar o adaptar otro aparato que haga parte del trabajo. Espero que esta parrafada les sirva para no llevarse un chasco, aunque teambien puede ser una alegria, al fin y al cabo, a mi me sirvio al final, aunque a un alto precio. Saludos.

All my hdmi handshake problems since a year gone immediately!

Strepitoso!!! L’ho usato per poter connettere xbox series x(ed avere dolby atmos senza ritardo audio) a la Sonos Arc ( tramite earc), è funziona da Dio!! , segnale video perfetto e audio senza perdita in dolby atmos direttamente dalla soundbar. Ti fa risparmiare i soldi per un nuovo tv da 1000 euro con hdmi Earc. Vale i soldi che costa perchè e l’unico accessorio che trasforma le hdmi normali in Hdmi earc. Incredibile!

Finally my Sonos Arc is playing the formats that it should be! My TV is a Samsung projector (which has eARC but Samsung’s pass through ability just isn’t there) now has no audio duties going through it and straight to the Arc! Nintendo switch works fine and the sonos app is showing LPCM like it should! No more stereo, so nice! Plus my Apple TV 4K is now playing LPCM 5.1 on shows that are not in Dolby Atmos. Thank you HDFURY! When setting up, like mentioned on other reviews, read the manual while setting up. While it’s surprisingly straight forward I was nervous about setting this thing up. Definitely know I’m not using the vrroom to its full potential but it’s doing what I want it to do.