Hey all,

Finally got round to copping a soundbar as I was bored of my bose portable speaker sounding better than my TV speakers so £180 later here I am!

I have a 2.1 set up for soundbar and subwoofer with the Creative Stage 360 which has support for upto Dolby Atmos (simulated as no upwards firing speakers I think) connected to my LG 43inch 4k smart TV from 2015/6 and to my PS5.

I have the soundbar connected to the TV via HDMI2.0 ARC port and am struggling to decide whether the PS5 is better suited to be connected to the soundbar or the TV (neither port is HDMI2.1)

The TV also has SIMPLINK but no true CEC control it seems - feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I think it only lets the Magic Remote control volumes of other things.

My main questions would be:

How should I connect my soundbar to TV, HDMI ARC or Optical?

Should I connect my PS5 to the soundbar or TV?

For the PS5, do I choose the HDMI device type as AV Receiver or Soundbar

For the PS5, do I choose the Audio Format as Dolby, DTX or LinearPCM (none of them say bitstream next to them like in some YouTube videos in case that makes a difference)

What should the DTV Audio Setting be on my TV - Auto, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, HE-AAC or MPEG?

I mainly play games on my PS5 and stream from Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and DisneyPlus via my Chromecast Ultra (1st Gen) in case that helps at all.

Thank you for reading this long post and hope to hear some tips from you all!