Lack of DTS on DVD, B****X
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hannahbb21
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DTS isn't always better. A decent Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack will kick a crappy DTS soundtrack into touch any day of the week. I've got quite a few movies and concert DVRAB with both DTS and DD soundtracks, and the DTS sounRAB muddy, with hardly any audible dialogue through the centre speaker, whereas with DD5.1 it sounRAB much clearer.
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Get yourself a better sound system, I've never heard a DD5.1 soundtrack that's more clearer, brighter and just plain louder than DTS.
I too was also astonished that the King Kong DVD didn't have DTS, perhaps they are waiting for the next generation DVRAB?
I too was also astonished that the King Kong DVD didn't have DTS, perhaps they are waiting for the next generation DVRAB?
I have a Denon amp with Acoustic Energy speakers and MJ Acoustics subwoofer,which is a decent set up I believe.
But it all depenRAB on the mix.
There have been numerous old movies remixed into DTS.
The latest Bond discs have superb DTS sound on the 60's films,yet the 60's horror films from Amicus remixed into DTS from Anchor Bay are awful,so DTS is not always better.
In the very early days of DVD , the only way to get DTS was on its own dvd with no extras and no DD 5.1 sound as the full bitrate DTS took up so much room,but a while after low bitrate DTS was brought in and the argument about less compression on DTS was lost,although it did allow DD and DTS on the same disc like we get today.
Some DTS mixes are dreadful,but so are some DD mixes aswell.
However,most of the "DTS is better" is simple snobbery and most would never be able to tell the difference between a DTS track and its DD equivalent if they were blind folded.
Having said that ,if a DTS track is present its the one I usually listen to purely based on its history as a technically superior format.
But it all depenRAB on the mix.
There have been numerous old movies remixed into DTS.
The latest Bond discs have superb DTS sound on the 60's films,yet the 60's horror films from Amicus remixed into DTS from Anchor Bay are awful,so DTS is not always better.
In the very early days of DVD , the only way to get DTS was on its own dvd with no extras and no DD 5.1 sound as the full bitrate DTS took up so much room,but a while after low bitrate DTS was brought in and the argument about less compression on DTS was lost,although it did allow DD and DTS on the same disc like we get today.
Some DTS mixes are dreadful,but so are some DD mixes aswell.
However,most of the "DTS is better" is simple snobbery and most would never be able to tell the difference between a DTS track and its DD equivalent if they were blind folded.
Having said that ,if a DTS track is present its the one I usually listen to purely based on its history as a technically superior format.
What is DTS if its not 5.1?
How can you justify your technical opinion when you don't even seem to know the correct technical terms?
And how about a link showing your opinion to be fact?
As mentioned earlier,full bitrate DTS used to use less compression than standard Dolby Digital,but half rate DTS is nowhere near as advanced.
And chances are,whether its full bit rate or half rate you wouldn't notice the difference unless you had a technical readout of the bitrates in front of you anyway.
How can you justify your technical opinion when you don't even seem to know the correct technical terms?
And how about a link showing your opinion to be fact?
As mentioned earlier,full bitrate DTS used to use less compression than standard Dolby Digital,but half rate DTS is nowhere near as advanced.
And chances are,whether its full bit rate or half rate you wouldn't notice the difference unless you had a technical readout of the bitrates in front of you anyway.