dts or dobly digital?

[Type-E]

There are many DVDs that give an option to choose between dts and dobly digital, my receive can handle both and which one would produce a better sound quality?

[alucard2050]

my personal preference DTS. just listen to both and see what you like better

[Kdiddy]

I assume you meant DOLBY right?

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

As with making a VCD/SVCD, there are a lot settings that you have to get exactly right in order to compare the 2...but besides all that, the basics are that DTS is not as compressed as DD...and supposedly has a broader frequency range...I examined 3 discs which had both types...on 2 of 3, preferred DTS, it seemed to flow smoother between the channels where as the channel seperation on DD was too exact...but basically it really just boils own to personal taste...both are superb, period.

[adam]

dts is the superior format. If on a given dvd dolby digital sounds better its because the producers of the dvd didnt do a good mix, which does happen occasionally. In most cases dts should sound better but how much better depends on the dvd. Some types of movies really dont benefit from dts at all.

[alucard2050]

check out the eagles dvd. DTS is truly the winner for that dvd

[wildcatfan]

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On 2001-08-30 22:27:30, adam wrote:
dts is the superior format. If on a given dvd dolby digital sounds better its because the producers of the dvd didnt do a good mix, which does happen occasionally. In most cases dts should sound better but how much better depends on the dvd. Some types of movies really dont benefit from dts at all.
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I have to disagree...the differences between the formats in my opinion is negligible. Sure dts is compressed less than dolby digital is but that doesn't mean squat.....less compressed doesn't necessarily translate into better sounding because they don't use the same algorithms. Compression can only be compared if they use the SAME algorithms to do the compression. Now with this being said I agree with the philosophy that dts WILL sound better on most discs, but not because of the format....because more care is usually taken in the dts mix than the dd one. Also many 5.1 dd mixes are made so that they sound good when downmixed to 2 channel, that hurts the 5.1 sound. But hey if you can do both why sweat it anyway, just pick the one YOU like. You can tell a difference, but is just preference as to which is "better". As an aside I have a DD only decoder, I couldn't tell enough difference to warrant getting a dts decoder (this has been awhile ago though, not exactly a big price difference now however).

Michael

[danmanx]

I chose DTS. Example? Gladiator. I like it!

[patrickm]

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Now with this being said I agree with the philosophy that dts WILL sound better on most discs, but not because of the format....because more care is usually taken in the dts mix than the dd one. Also many 5.1 dd mixes are made so that they sound good when downmixed to 2 channel, that hurts the 5.1 sound. But hey if you can do both why sweat it anyway, just pick the
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i have to agree with most of that. DD/AC3 is the standard surround format that's on every DVD. adding the dts track from the movie to a dvd is something the makers of the film have to WANT to do (even though technically it's not too difficult, it is an extra process). most people and most audio systems won't be able to tell much difference at all between two properly mixed versions of the same soundtrack, but the fact that dts is totally optional tells you something about how the sound engineers put the soundtrack together, that they went the 'extra mile'.