u can value DTS track only if you have a realy good DVD Player and good Audio set....if not..than DD 5.1 is more than enough.
I find DTS more involving. A great demo was a Se7en DVD from a while ago which had DTS and DD on it and allowed you to change sound tracks during the movie. There is a scene where Freeman and Pitt are in a car watching the road in the pissing rain. The sound difference in the whole scene via DTS over DD was amazing.
I have to agree with £ukasz D, DTS is better but I don't care which one I use... whatever one is default.
One is certainly louder... You can't do an accurate comparison unless you recalibrate any system on which you're listening to allow for the differences, and of course that has to be done in between switching tracks.
DTS just isn't worth all the fuss people make about it. Boycotting DVDs just because they don't have DTS... Most DTS tracks don't even use the full bitrate available to them either. I'm far from convinced of its superiority.
DTS just isn't worth all the fuss people make about it. Boycotting DVDs just because they don't have DTS... Most DTS tracks don't even use the full bitrate available to them either. I'm far from convinced of its superiority.
People boycott DVDs because they don't have DTS? I imagine that'd be a mighty long list of DVDs they wouldn't buy.
I actually think (with certain films/DVD's) just a pro logic surround track is more immersive and satisfying. Sometimes I find DD a little too 'discrete' to the point that you're hardly aware of the surrounds working at all. At least with some 2 channel pro logic mixes, the surrounds are active with more present ambient sounds, traffic, wind etc. Why that should be, I don't know. I just prefer hearing my surrounds in a more active way than just the occasional directional effect.
Dustin wrote: People boycott DVDs because they don't have DTS? I imagine that'd be a mighty long list of DVDs they wouldn't buy.
Only today I read a user comment stating that they were boycotting a release because it didn't have DTS. Mental.
Only today I read a user comment stating that they were boycotting a release because it didn't have DTS. Mental.
I do prefer DTS, I find that it is a bit better at localising certain sounds. I also believe it is a richer sound than the DD.
I always select DTS when confronted with the choice.
Although I would never not buy a DVD becuase it didn't have a DTS track - that's just pure dead mental by the way!
I always select DTS when confronted with the choice.
Although I would never not buy a DVD becuase it didn't have a DTS track - that's just pure dead mental by the way!
If I have a choice, DTS is it. Otherwise DD is just fine.
£ukasz D wrote: u can value DTS track only if you have a realy good DVD Player and good Audio set....if not..than DD 5.1 is more than enough.
I'd say this is fairly inaccurate. I have a high end audio system with expensive speakers and like Chris says about the only difference I can make out are the default volumes. However, on DVDs that have only DTS at 1564/kbs or whatever it is, you can tell a bit of a difference due to the compression levels.
I'd say this is fairly inaccurate. I have a high end audio system with expensive speakers and like Chris says about the only difference I can make out are the default volumes. However, on DVDs that have only DTS at 1564/kbs or whatever it is, you can tell a bit of a difference due to the compression levels.
I've heard better DTS and I've heard better Dolby Digital. Potato - Po-Tat-o.
Honestly, a good sound mix is a good sound mix. DTS is usually just louder to me, and on occasion more immersive, Anchor Bay's Suspiria release is a prime example.
I will boycott a release if it doesn't have DTS only if I already have it and the extras, film quality, etc has not improved. Just to boycott a DVD and then not have the film is pretty silly, if you get what I mean...
I have a good system and can certianly hear the difference on SOME tracks...
I have a good system and can certianly hear the difference on SOME tracks...
Worst Nightmare wrote: I have a good system and can certianly hear the difference on SOME tracks...
The question I have had about this difference is it that DTS is inherently better than DD or is it that a different mastering process was used? I really have no clue.
There are a lot of movies that were not originally shown in DTS, so why would they be mastered on DVD that way?
The question I have had about this difference is it that DTS is inherently better than DD or is it that a different mastering process was used? I really have no clue.
There are a lot of movies that were not originally shown in DTS, so why would they be mastered on DVD that way?
If by mastering you mean the mixing stage, no there isn't a different process used. All the different tracks are mixed down to 6. Dolby then encodes it for theatrical 35mm prints as does DTS and SDDS.
As for movies now having DTS on them that didn't on their theatrical run, that's quite normal. Columbia for a time only had 35mm prints struck with SR (analogue) and SDDS (digital) tracks on them. No SRD (Dolby Digital). A stupid policy as only a very small percentage of cinemas have SDDS readers and processors. This meant that these prints were only ever heard in the vast majority of cases in analogue. But hey, this is Sony we're talking about so it should come as no surprise really.
Then, come the DVD release, these same films now have a Dolby Digital track. Magic isn't it?
Hope that answers the query and a bit extra.
As for movies now having DTS on them that didn't on their theatrical run, that's quite normal. Columbia for a time only had 35mm prints struck with SR (analogue) and SDDS (digital) tracks on them. No SRD (Dolby Digital). A stupid policy as only a very small percentage of cinemas have SDDS readers and processors. This meant that these prints were only ever heard in the vast majority of cases in analogue. But hey, this is Sony we're talking about so it should come as no surprise really.
Then, come the DVD release, these same films now have a Dolby Digital track. Magic isn't it?
Hope that answers the query and a bit extra.
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