OREIeARC 4K 60Hz Audio Extractor, Converter Sound Bar 18G HDMI 2.0 ARC Support - HDCP 2.2 - Dolby Digital/DTS Passthrough CEC, HDR, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos HDR10 Support.

My Pioneer receiver is a few years old and can't do HDMI 4K, so I bypassed it with my PS4 Pro with a direct HDMI connection to my display and then used the PS4's optical out to tie my receiver right back into the setup. The PS5 dropped an audio optical out, ouch. So now I needed a box like this.I felt like this product was currently a little expensive at $55 for "just an" audio extractor. I was tempted by Orei's HDMI 1x2 Splitter with same built-in audio extraction capabilities that was actually less expensive. However, the unique ARC support in this unit told me this was cutting edge (and these days format compatibility is all about "bandwidth"). And I've had terrible luck with splitting an HDMI signal with HDR10 so I went for this. I am glad I did. After a full day of use I experienced no video artifacts, cut-outs, or anything negative that too often happens with HDMI cabling and equipment add-ons like this.I also use a Hue Sync and if you do a lot with HDMI you know that each additional cable interconnection (I'll call that a "hop") adds the possibility of things not working correctly anymore. As I said, not the case for me with this device. I connected this inline in the last hop, between the Hue Sync's output and before the display's input. This way I could utilize any of the 4 input ports on the Hue Sync to send high quality audio to my receiver and the Hue Sync acts like an HDMI switch. So for those looking for verification before purchase my setup goes like this: PS5 HDMI out to PSVR in, PSVR out to Hue Sync in, Hue Sync out to Orei Audio Extractor in, Orei HDMI out to display in (and optical audio to receiver of course). Switched EDID setting accordingly, and voila!, I have full DTS sound coming out of my receiver from the PS5 and 4K (2180p) HDR10 on my display.One thing that may be worth noting is this is not an HDMI splitter despite the two output ports. The second HDMI port is audio only, and will send a 720P black screen as output. However, you could use that hook up to another HDMI supported device like a sound bar if you need the flexibility.The only con is that the manual is super tiny (actual text size required a magnifying glass) and super basic. It doesn't actually explain the functions of -using- the EDID or ARC selection buttons. I'm going to try looking on Orei's site but that seemed rather silly to me, especially for those less familiar with the "technical stuff". The device is other-wise physically plug and play (and yes, it requires the included power adapter).Final note, I did not have the need for ARC so I did not test that functionality. I know that may sound silly but that was not the point of my buying this device. Knowing it could support ARC told me it was very likely using the latest standards and that assumption appears to have paid off for me. I have no reason to assume it would not support ARC properly however, as it really seems like a very well built device that just lacks a decent -manual-.

This listing depicts a HDA-931, but I received an HDA-932. Not a big deal, just a newer revision I thought. Unit was defective on arrival, would only power on 15% of the times it was plugged in, and even then no audio or video signal was feeding through the box. The button on the back to switch the EDID from stereo to 5.1/7.1 did absolutely nothing and the LED display was stuck on the 7.1 option, which my TV did not even support.

The only other option out there is Arcana VRR; however, that's about three times the price. I attempted to connect this to my HDMI port on my RTX 4080 so I could pass Atmos to my sound bar. The HDMI for video on this unit is HDMI 2.0 (18 Gbps) and the eARC port supports the HDMI 2.1 standard. Sadly, this means my monitor that runs 3440x1440 at 175Hz would only reach 100Hz. I sent the unit back as a result and will wait for OREI to release an HDMI 2.1 (48Gbps).If OREI reads this, I would encourage you to advertise "VRR Support" because when I connected my HDMI 2.1 cables the VRR did in-fact work. Please make an HDMI 2.1 version for higher refresh rates/bandwidth and don't charge as much as the Arcana 2 VRR and you'll have a great product.

This extractor works perfectly at 4K at 60Hz. I use this with a GTX1650 connected to a 4K TV and an old Denon receiver. I chose this because for anyone that has tried to use 2 HDMI out ports on a video card and plugging one into a receiver, you will have to either duplicate the phantom screen or extend to a phantom screen. Either case still requires the video card to use more gpu resoources. Not great for playing games or playing back 4k video.Setting the EDID at 2ch or 5.1 only shows Stereo available on the computer. EDID at 7.1 will show 8 channels available. Out 1 will depend on the capability of the TV and what it reports back on EDID to the source. Most TV are only Stereo, so EDID on Out 1 will be Stereo. Out 2 will be the Audio Only HDMI out port and will be what the receiver reports back on EDID to the source. So 5.1 receiver will report 6 channels, and 7.1 receiver will report 8 channels, etc.A pro I noticed is that all audio out ports will output sound simultaneously. There is no way to select or turn on and off sound output ports. So the HDMI to TV, Optical, Audio Only HDMI and 3.5mm will all play sound. For me it is no big deal to just mute the TV if I want to use another sound playback device.A con I noticed is that the Optical out port will only send Stereo PCM sound. Bitstreaming did not work for me, and I was not able to test Dolby or DTS encoded file sources. Not sure if it was my setup that was not correct or the extractor not able to do it. So if I am using Optical I have to downmix 5.1 and 7.1 to Stereo in order to get audio.Overall I still think this is the best extractor on the market. Plug and play and very easy to use. Would recommend.