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No. Mine uses THX Tru Studio. Similar enough to SBX, though it was pre-SBX inception. The optical out doesn't pass anything but stereo. I bought this laptop 3 years ago. Just started showing its age, game wise a few month ago. Now I'm missing my M key, lol, though I can obviously still press the nub down, and get my Ms.
Once I replace it, I'm gonna miss that HDMI input, which no other laptops have (other than the same gen M18X R2). Alienware ditched HDMI inputs with the more recent ones, which I think is a mistake.
Perhaps now that external GPUs like the Razer Core are gonna be more of a thing now for laptops, companies will add video inputs on laptops, since eGPUs function better when they don't have to render back to the laptop screen in the same thunderbolt 3 pipeline.
I hate dreading the day this laptop dies. Even if I stopped using it as a daily driver, I could still benefit from the HDMI input on the go for external devices, even if I did have another computer or whatnot.
The screen is a bit mediocre on pixel response time blur though. I want a backlight scanning/black frame insertion/ULMB screen though.
Once I replace it, I'm gonna miss that HDMI input, which no other laptops have (other than the same gen M18X R2). Alienware ditched HDMI inputs with the more recent ones, which I think is a mistake.
Perhaps now that external GPUs like the Razer Core are gonna be more of a thing now for laptops, companies will add video inputs on laptops, since eGPUs function better when they don't have to render back to the laptop screen in the same thunderbolt 3 pipeline.
I hate dreading the day this laptop dies. Even if I stopped using it as a daily driver, I could still benefit from the HDMI input on the go for external devices, even if I did have another computer or whatnot.
The screen is a bit mediocre on pixel response time blur though. I want a backlight scanning/black frame insertion/ULMB screen though.