whats best - Dolby Home Theatre or DTS?
17 December 2008, 10:45 AM
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whats best - Dolby Home Theatre or DTS?
as above what is the better format?
I have tried google on home theatre but its just coming up as dolby digital, is that what it is?
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I have tried google on home theatre but its just coming up as dolby digital, is that what it is?
cheers
17 December 2008, 11:03 AM
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cheers for that, it is for a computer motherboard and one has home theatre and the other has dts.
would I be right in saying the dts option is best? (I hope so as it is cheaper!)
would I be right in saying the dts option is best? (I hope so as it is cheaper!)
17 December 2008, 11:19 AM
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DTS generally is the better option as it carries a larger bandwidth. Back in the days of DVD's i used to get everything i could in DTS as it was always superior to DD.
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It does look as if DHT does some fancy stuff with 2 channel signals so it may be better from a PC perspective.
DTS all the way though if its movies and games only for me. DTS just seems to give a much 'larger' sound if that makes sense. I'm no expert by any means on why, but I'll always choose the DTS track on a DVD if it has it.
DTS all the way though if its movies and games only for me. DTS just seems to give a much 'larger' sound if that makes sense. I'm no expert by any means on why, but I'll always choose the DTS track on a DVD if it has it.
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17 December 2008, 12:13 PM
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Wouldn't it be better to have the PC output PCM digital audio and have an external AV receiver decode the required format(s) ? Most AV amps will have DD, DTS, ProLogic, DTS Neo, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio.
DTS isn't widely used due to licensing deals with Dolby. Also, as with DD a licensing royalty would be applicable on each DTS disc sold, and as the majority of the general public aren't bothered, then they don't. Many big films will eventually have some 'Directors Cut' type edition released with DTS thrown in, or they can often be acquired from markets where the buyers are more picky (Region 3 often gets DTS).
DTS isn't widely used due to licensing deals with Dolby. Also, as with DD a licensing royalty would be applicable on each DTS disc sold, and as the majority of the general public aren't bothered, then they don't. Many big films will eventually have some 'Directors Cut' type edition released with DTS thrown in, or they can often be acquired from markets where the buyers are more picky (Region 3 often gets DTS).
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Wouldn't it be better to have the PC output PCM digital audio and have an external AV receiver decode the required format(s) ? Most AV amps will have DD, DTS, ProLogic, DTS Neo, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio.
DTS isn't widely used due to licensing deals with Dolby. Also, as with DD a licensing royalty would be applicable on each DTS disc sold, and as the majority of the general public aren't bothered, then they don't. Many big films will eventually have some 'Directors Cut' type edition released with DTS thrown in, or they can often be acquired from markets where the buyers are more picky (Region 3 often gets DTS).
DTS isn't widely used due to licensing deals with Dolby. Also, as with DD a licensing royalty would be applicable on each DTS disc sold, and as the majority of the general public aren't bothered, then they don't. Many big films will eventually have some 'Directors Cut' type edition released with DTS thrown in, or they can often be acquired from markets where the buyers are more picky (Region 3 often gets DTS).
cheers corradoboy, I will indeed be hooking it up to a sony av receiver that supports all the things you mention, I have been and got it, the dts version (was cheaper than dolby home theatre as well
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17 December 2008, 01:37 PM
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well if you plan using a blu ray on the computer try get truehd card dts if it's available.
Does anyone else notice a huge differnce to this then DTS? I notice it loads, just thought I'd hijack sorry!
Does anyone else notice a huge differnce to this then DTS? I notice it loads, just thought I'd hijack sorry!
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