I'm having a hard time conceiving how you could get both Atmos and Auro 3D to coexist in the same room (assuming a home theatre) without having a bunch of extra speakers and possibly having to switch cables back and forth.
The main 5.1 speakers around ear level are the same for Atmos and Auro. If the first pair of height speakers are designated "Front Heights" then they will work with Atmos and Auro (and their associated upmixers) and even DTS Neo:X.
The problem is the second pair of height speakers. If you designate them "Surround Heights", then they will only work with Auro, since there is no such designation for Atmos. Likewise, if you designate them "Top Middle" or "Top Rear", then they will only work with Atmos, since those designations don't apply to Auro.
So it's not so dire, since all the speakers except one pair will work with both formats. Personally, I would not fuss over Auro. There doesn't seem to be enough content on the horizon to make it worth the rumored $249-299 firmware upgrade.
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