eliotcole
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OK, if someone with a bigger brain wants to weigh in, please do feel free.
Dolby Digital (+) and DTS are basically just not as high fidelity as the HD formats. The HD formats carry more information, and therefore are able to convey more ... ... well ... more everything.
Lemme put it in the MP3 analogy that you used, but add a layer. If you listen to the MP3s of (i dunno ...) THE PRODIGY's FAT OF THE LAND on your phone speaker you might think that it's absolutely fine. But if you then play the FLAC files of the same album, through a decent DAC to your stereo, you're *actually* going to hear things that you didn't before.
That's a bit extreme ... but you maybe get the point.
Essentially, though, it's all in the ... ear ... of the beholder. So if you don't feel like you'll benefit from the usage, then just don't bother.
One reason that you *might* want to bother with a SHIELD or another Android/Apple box ... is the LG spying. If you're not pi-holed or doing clever router stuff, your LG *literally* sends the file name and other related information up to LG ... even if you don't play it. Not a problem if all your files are completely legal ... but what if cousin Jimmy plugs in his hard disc of p... potentially troubling stuff when he's house-sitting?
Anyway ... if I were to give purely personal advice? I'd say just get a Shield, or maybe a cheap Android TV device to see how you feel. Can you borrow one? Or have someone show you the difference?
Also ... do you have an XBox One S/X?
Dolby Digital (+) and DTS are basically just not as high fidelity as the HD formats. The HD formats carry more information, and therefore are able to convey more ... ... well ... more everything.
Lemme put it in the MP3 analogy that you used, but add a layer. If you listen to the MP3s of (i dunno ...) THE PRODIGY's FAT OF THE LAND on your phone speaker you might think that it's absolutely fine. But if you then play the FLAC files of the same album, through a decent DAC to your stereo, you're *actually* going to hear things that you didn't before.
That's a bit extreme ... but you maybe get the point.
Essentially, though, it's all in the ... ear ... of the beholder. So if you don't feel like you'll benefit from the usage, then just don't bother.
One reason that you *might* want to bother with a SHIELD or another Android/Apple box ... is the LG spying. If you're not pi-holed or doing clever router stuff, your LG *literally* sends the file name and other related information up to LG ... even if you don't play it. Not a problem if all your files are completely legal ... but what if cousin Jimmy plugs in his hard disc of p... potentially troubling stuff when he's house-sitting?
Anyway ... if I were to give purely personal advice? I'd say just get a Shield, or maybe a cheap Android TV device to see how you feel. Can you borrow one? Or have someone show you the difference?
Also ... do you have an XBox One S/X?