Underseer
Contributor
Whoopsie. It never occurred to me to test if I was actually getting 5.1 sound.
If you watch Netflix in a browser, it's just stereo. If you use the Netflix Windows app available from the Windows store, you can hear 5.1.
To find out if your setup is properly producing 5.1 sound, Netflix has helpfully provided a tool for testing. Just search for "test pattern" in Netflix and watch season 1, episode 1 (I honestly can't tell what the other episodes are for).
If your setup only does two channel stereo, you will hear a robotic voice counting. If you have 5.1 sound, you will hear a series of noises in each speaker in succession.
Here's a direct link for your browser if you have a Netflix account:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80018499
If you watch Netflix in a browser, it's just stereo. If you use the Netflix Windows app available from the Windows store, you can hear 5.1.
To find out if your setup is properly producing 5.1 sound, Netflix has helpfully provided a tool for testing. Just search for "test pattern" in Netflix and watch season 1, episode 1 (I honestly can't tell what the other episodes are for).
If your setup only does two channel stereo, you will hear a robotic voice counting. If you have 5.1 sound, you will hear a series of noises in each speaker in succession.
Here's a direct link for your browser if you have a Netflix account:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80018499