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Thank you for sharing your experience.Hi,
I'm the guy from the Apple forum and I'm using the setup with the HDFury VRROOM. The HDFury is more than just only extract video and audio. This device is for many usages. You can use it as a switch, a matrix, an EDID customization manager,...
So I'm using it because I use my PC monitor when my wife is blocking the TV
My devices:
- OUTPUT: Asus PG32UQX PC Monitor HDR10 with 1400 nits, (Stereo only) and VRR (variable refresh rate, used by my Xbox)
- OUTPUT: JVC XP-EXT1 sound system with Dolby Atmos, DTS:X,...
- INPUT: Apple TV 4K Gen.2
- INPUT: PS5
- INPUT: Xbox Series X
I connected everything with my sound system,
- the first thing I have some problems with sound and video dropouts. Maybe the sound system is too slow, has a bad error correction, and has some handshake problems.
- second thing is that the sound system is not supporting VRR and some other color formats. So I can't use it with my Xbox.
After that, I bought a simple HDMI Splitter (HDMI 2.0) which copied the HDMI signal to two HDMI outputs. And had no video dropouts anymore but still had problems with sound dropouts with Dolby Atmos.
So I now I bought the HDFury Vrroom which is using HDMI 2.1 eArc/Arc and can extract the sound information from the HDMI input and output it to my sound system and my video to my monitor. After just connecting everything the XBox and Apple TV said my setup is only supporting stereo sound. Ok for that reason you can customize you Vrroom via webinterface. You can add to you setting for example Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, Dolby Vision, HDR10+,... and so on. So Apple TV and the XBox detects that your setup is supporting these settings. So in other words you can manipulate the EDID information that a connected device is returning to a Xbox or Apple TV.
Vrroom is very complex what you can setup. I just read that you're able to convert a Dolby Vision into HDR10 and customize every little thing. Color, nits,... So this is the next thing what I will try as next. My monitor have such a good color range and brightness.
I never had any issues anymore. No video or sound dropout. I think it can handle the Dolby Atmos data better then all other devices.
In addition the Vrroom is automatically switching the inputs where an incoming signal is coming. So you don't need a remote control to switch the source.
If you're interested in it you can take a look at their website and read the manual a bit. For my usage it was not as complicated to setup.
So I hope I could clarify the usage of the Vrroom a bit.
I've looked at similar devices in the past, but one question I always had, was that since you are splitting the HDMI into separate audio and video outputs, do you lose the on-screen display for your AVR? I would be bummed to not be able to use the AVR as a video switching device (and I shouldn't really have to for my setup if Apple would resolve this!) unless I had some additional, obscure requirements. And losing the OSD from my AVR is kind of a non-starter as a solution to my ATV problem. I could see these (and similar devices, like the shArc) being very handy for certain scenarios, but a bit of an overkill for my particular setup. But, thanks for sharing this info to the group.