It's nice that they're adding G-Sync (though I'd much prefer freesync), but as stated it is strange that multichannel PCM, which is arguably more important for gaming, hasn't been announced. I guess "7.1 LPCM" isn't a buzzword to sell TVs.
I sent LG a support email yesterday asking about this problem with the links to this forum and the petition. This is the response I got form LG this morning.
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"We appreciate you for patiently coordinating with us regarding the PCM Multichannel 5.1/7.1 pass-through feature of your LG OLED65C9PUW TV, Michael. It is my pleasure to assist you with your inquiry today.
We thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. In response to this, please rest assured that LG Electronics is aware of your requests and is doing the necessary process to implement these features in the future software releases. Please be advised that the C9 OLED series are relatively new and only released recently, all the firmware updates will also be coming soon to integrate additional features that did not originally came in with the TV during the initial launch of the product. That being said, we would appreciate it if you consent to have your feedback be sent to our management team to make them aware of the demand and proper action can be done to address this."
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I did agree to allow my message to be sent to the management team.
I got a similar answer from LG Support Switzerland:
"herzlichen Dank, dass Sie
mit LG Electronics Österreich/ Schweiz Kontakt aufgenommen haben. Wir haben Ihr Anliegen an die zuständige Produktentwicklungsabteilung
weitergeleitet. Sobald wir eine Rückmeldung erhalten, werden wir uns zeitnah mit Ihnen in Verbindung
setzen."
english: "Thank you for contact LG Support. We forward your request to the product development department and we will get back to you as soon as we get an answer from them."
A friend of mine, who owns a 65" C9 also sent a request to LGs german customer support. That is the answer he got:
German: "Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Kontaktaufnahme mit LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH.
Vielen Dank für Ihre Rückmeldung. Ich habe Ihre Beschwerde erfasst und entsprechend weitergeleitet. Aktuell ist es mir aber nicht möglich zu sagen, ob der Codec nachgeliefert oder nicht. Das liegt im Entscheidungsbereich der Produkt Entwicklung. Sofern Änderungen stattfinden, werden wir das zeitnah kommunizieren.
Wenn Sie weitere Fragen oder Anregungen haben, können Sie sich jederzeit gerne wieder an uns wenden.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen"
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English (once again translated with DeepL...I am just to lazy to translate it ) :
"Thank you very much for contacting LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH.
Thank you very much for your feedback. I have registered your complaint and forwarded it accordingly. At the moment it is not possible for me to say whether the codec will be delivered later or not. This lies within the decision area of product development. If changes take place, we will communicate this promptly.
If you have any further questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us again at any time.
Yours sincerely"
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tl; dr - The support agent forwarded it (but he did not mention to which department...) - He does not know if the development department will add this feature (of course he does not)
So yea. Make sure to contact LG via the support form. Copy a link to this thread and make sure to copy a link of the petition as well:
Is this discussion hidden for the general public in the forum? When I look in the "OLED TVs" section I would expect it to be near the top. Is LG maybe too embarassed to display it?
@UdoG and @PapaMiraculi - I have already contacted John Archer of Forbes in May 2019 - it has contacted LG about this:
John Archer: "Hello! Just a quick note to say that I have passed your comments on to LG, and asked for them to give me a response. I'll keep you posted on what they say."
I do not know if contacting Hise, Golem (or any other media outlet) would help that much. We could try for sure. Maybe some here has contact to people like Vincent Teoh or any other TV reviewer..
Should have returned mine when I had the chance. Hopefully LG reconsiders their position on this or LG Germany support are merely misinformed. It wouldn't hurt to start petitioning them in other outlets such as FB, Twitter, etc.
This affects a lot of use cases and should be relatively trivial for them to fix.
I just got a answer from LG Germany (after contacting them once again). According to them "LG Electronics does not see any need to fix this issue". There might be a slight chance that LG changes their opinion in future. But there is no guarantee that this will happen.
Their answer in german (feel free to use a translator of your choice): Original: "Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Kontaktaufnahme mit LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH.
Ich habe bereits eine Anfrage zu diesem Thema aus dem Juni 2019 vorliegen. LG Electronics hat derzeit keinen Handlungsbedarf. Wann und ob dies sich ändert, können wir aktuell leider nicht bewerten.
Wenn Sie weitere Fragen oder Anregungen haben, können Sie jederzeit gerne wieder an uns wenden.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen"
Translation via DeepL:
"Thank you very much for contacting LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH.
I have already received a request on this topic from June 2019. LG Electronics currently has no need for action. When and if this will change, we cannot currently evaluate.
If you have any further questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us again at any time.
Yours sincerely"
So yea. I guess that is it. Maybe @JamalofLG has some different informations about this. But I do not think he has.
Answers
They really need to add 5.1/7.1 PCM rather sooner than later...
"LG have done a deal with Nvidia to add G Sync support to 2019 Oled range. should be out this year on C9 and E9. B9 to get this as well later on."
To have a perfect OLED gaming screen we need no limitation on HDMI-eARC pass-through.
Update:
See also here:
http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2019/09/lg-unveils-first-oled-tvs-to-support-nvidia-g-sync-for-big-screen-gaming-experience/
LG OLED TVs bekommen NVIDIA G-Sync-Update
92 people already signed the petition.
Which is pretty impressive I think.
https://www.change.org/p/lg-electronics-lg-oled-c9-multichannel-pcm-over-earc
Best answer we got so far...
But as long as we do not get a 100% confirmation that this issue will be addressed we must not
stop asking for this feature.
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Since this is the first post on page nine:
https://www.change.org/p/lg-electronics-lg-oled-c9-multichannel-pcm-over-earc
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"We appreciate you for patiently coordinating with us regarding the PCM Multichannel 5.1/7.1 pass-through feature of your LG OLED65C9PUW TV, Michael. It is my pleasure to assist you with your inquiry today.
We thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. In response to this, please rest assured that LG Electronics is aware of your requests and is doing the necessary process to implement these features in the future software releases. Please be advised that the C9 OLED series are relatively new and only released recently, all the firmware updates will also be coming soon to integrate additional features that did not originally came in with the TV during the initial launch of the product. That being said, we would appreciate it if you consent to have your feedback be sent to our management team to make them aware of the demand and proper action can be done to address this."
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I did agree to allow my message to be sent to the management team.
Fun fact: That sounds pretty similar to the respond I got back in June:
"Herzlichen Dank, dass Sie mit LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH Kontakt aufgenommen haben.
Ich habe Ihre Anfrage an unsere technische Fachabteilung weitergeleitet.
Sobald mir eine Antwort vorliegt, werde ich mich bei Ihnen melden."
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Fun fact 2: I never got an answer.
"herzlichen Dank, dass Sie mit LG Electronics Österreich/ Schweiz Kontakt aufgenommen haben.
Wir haben Ihr Anliegen an die zuständige Produktentwicklungsabteilung weitergeleitet.
Sobald wir eine Rückmeldung erhalten, werden wir uns zeitnah mit Ihnen in Verbindung setzen."
english:
"Thank you for contact LG Support. We forward your request to the product development department and we will get back to you as soon as we get an answer from them."
That is the answer he got:
German:
"Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Kontaktaufnahme mit LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH.
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English (once again translated with DeepL...I am just to lazy to translate it
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tl; dr
- The support agent forwarded it (but he did not mention to which department...)
- He does not know if the development department will add this feature (of course he does not)
So yea.
Make sure to contact LG via the support form. Copy a link to this thread
and make sure to copy a link of the petition as well:
https://lgcommunity.us.com/discussion/4423/oled-c9-edid-limitation-regarding-hdmi-earc-pass-through/p1
https://www.change.org/p/lg-electronics-lg-oled-c9-multichannel-pcm-over-earc
Not by the date of the most recent post. At least in the general categories.
If you look in „Best recent content“, „recent activity“ or „best off“ this thread pops up at the top.
John Archer: "Hello! Just a quick note to say that I have passed your comments on to LG, and asked for them to give me a response. I'll keep you posted on what they say."
but thats it, no news...
His article about the petition to add an HDR Game Mode to 2016 OLEDs worked wonders.
I do not know if contacting Hise, Golem (or any other media outlet) would help that much.
We could try for sure. Maybe some here has contact to people like Vincent Teoh or any other TV reviewer..
I posted the petition link in AVForums.com and hifi-forum.de
Could someone please inform the people of AVSForum.com ?
Furthermore I posted also a comment on Facebook - LG Deutschland
Maybe someone can do the same on Facebook - LG US ?
Does it makes sense to contact some magazines (like c't / Heise in Germany) or other AV news internet sources?
@JamalofLG
Please help us to find a solution together!
I would also recommend to send a support ticket. Expecially if you have not done it.
Hopefully this gets a response.
This affects a lot of use cases and should be relatively trivial for them to fix.
According to them "LG Electronics does not see any need to fix this issue". There might be
a slight chance that LG changes their opinion in future. But there is no guarantee that this will happen.
Their answer in german (feel free to use a translator of your choice):
Original: "Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Kontaktaufnahme mit LG Electronics Deutschland GmbH.
Translation via DeepL:
So yea. I guess that is it. Maybe @JamalofLG has some different informations about this. But
I do not think he has.
Please add PCM Multichannel 5.1/7.1 audio support to the C9 via eARC
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