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Hi,
Just got my new LG OLED65C8P and can confirm that the generic LG TV/Player DLNA profile works fine. The new TV also plays HEVC/X265 files without Transcoding.








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No TV is going to support lossless audio codecs such as TrueHD/Atmos and DTS:X. It would require the new HDMI ARC protocol that isn't on any TV yet, and I don't know of any AVR with it yet either. Atmos via Dolby Digital+ might be a possibility from sites like Netflix. But I would expect any 4K TV to play H.265 video without issue.

The video codec isn't a problem, but the lossless audio codecs would. So if you're playing ripped UHD movies, the audio will still need transcoding. But the video will be fine. I can play my UHD rips on my 4K Roku TV with no video problems, but the audio has to be transcoded to standard DD. For lossless audio, I have to use my Nvidia Shield. Using it, I just use the generic profile with no transcoding at all.

That's fantastic that the TV is processing the audio without requiring transcoding. My preference of course is to use an AVR and get the full audio, but if you're in a situation that doesn't support adding external devices and speakers, it's great that it offers that function. My son-in-law has an LG 4K set (not OLED) and it too looks quite nice. But the audio has to be transcoded for his set. OLED is phenomenal, but it's just more than I'm willing to spend at this time.

I have no issue streaming my UHD rips to my Shield, which has a Gigabit network connection. My 4K Roku TV only has 100 Mbps Ethernet, and will sometimes have to buffer the video. I can watch my network stats and I see most of my UHD rips average around 80 Mbps, with peaks over 120. My wireless AC network doesn't seem to work very well, but it's a Belkin router that was released before the AC protocol was finalized, so I should probably replace it. The Belkin routers don't impress me at all with their user interface. Virtually no advanced control at all.