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Is DTS dead now?

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Interesting article positing that the Dolby vs DTS battle is over, and Dolby are the winner.

https://www.whathifi.com/features/is-the-dts-vs-dolby-war-effectively-over

There is a new soundbar that has no DTS support at all, and the quote from the maker (not Sonos) is:

“The reason for this is that DTS is not used by any of the streaming service companies and therefore is limited to people watching DVD/Blu-ray connected to the TV with the audio passed through the ARC/eARC. However the vast majority of TV companies do not support this on the ARC/eARC.”

(By “vast majority” I assume they mean Samsung and LG, so they have a point)

Thoughts?

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Simmz

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Far from it, DTS:X still sounds miles better than Dolby Atmos tbh. Shame Sonos hasn't added it, think it would suit the Arc a lot better with how the sound stage is setup. But yes, limited to disks mainly, but if a streamer does properly introduce it, that will change everything.

melvimbe

Far from it, DTS:X still sounds miles better than Dolby Atmos tbh. Shame Sonos hasn't added it, think it would suit the Arc a lot better with how the sound stage is setup. But yes, limited to disks mainly, but if a streamer does properly introduce it, that will change everything.

These type of format wars are never just about which format is the better quality.

Danny

Ken_Griffiths

Far from it, DTS:X still sounds miles better than Dolby Atmos tbh. Shame Sonos hasn't added it, think it would suit the Arc a lot better with how the sound stage is setup. But yes, limited to disks mainly, but if a streamer does properly introduce it, that will change everything.

The fact of the matter at the moment, is that the majority of online streaming services have decided to support the Dolby Atmos format and many Movie discs now support that format too - if that were to ever switch to DTS:X and the format became used by the majority, then it’s likely the case that Sonos (and other device manufacturers) would then go onto support the codec instead, but those changes by the online providers really needs to take place first.

As with any business, it’s about first of all catering for the majority. If the switch doesn’t happen however, then I think users (in the minority) who want the DTS-X or DTS-HQ formats playable on their Sonos products, should perhaps have the option to maybe buy these things as an ‘add-on’.

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