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User973639
Contributor I
February 12, 2013

Please add support for DTS for the Sonos Playbar.

A hifi homecinema soundbar without dts support seems not up to date for me. Are there any plans to add dts support?
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      Geir_2
      Lyricist I
      May 2, 2013
      Please add DTS!
      Vic_1
      Lyricist II
      May 3, 2013
      Soooooooo disappointed with the Playbar now that I try to watch Life of Pi o Django and get no sound because of the lack of DTS support. I feel cheated. This is basic stuff guys. Fix it.
      Tua09788
      Enthusiast I
      May 3, 2013
      Soooooooo disappointed with the Playbar now that I try to watch Life of Pi o Django and get no sound because of the lack of DTS support. I feel cheated. This is basic stuff guys. Fix it.
      Do you have the optical connected from your tv to PLAYBAR?
      Vic_1
      Lyricist II
      May 3, 2013
      Soooooooo disappointed with the Playbar now that I try to watch Life of Pi o Django and get no sound because of the lack of DTS support. I feel cheated. This is basic stuff guys. Fix it.
      Yep. Had to do it because it didn't work direct from the ps3. Just a few blu rays. The sound from the ps3 is richer and bolder, from the tv you can tell is a simulation. Guess I'll have to wait for the fix... It's a lot of money for a sound sistem that doesn't support True DTS. THX.
      Tua09788
      Enthusiast I
      May 3, 2013
      Soooooooo disappointed with the Playbar now that I try to watch Life of Pi o Django and get no sound because of the lack of DTS support. I feel cheated. This is basic stuff guys. Fix it.
      Oh gotcha, I thought you weren't getting sound when it was hooked up to you TV...sry.
      michelbieber
      Contributor I
      May 3, 2013
      Hello, have a question to the community who own a Playbar. If we supposed that the Playbar supports DTS, does your TV support DTS passthrough over the optical cable? I think the most of us have to buy an additional optical audio switch.
      HarpuaFSB
      HarpuaFSB
      Trending Lyricist I
      May 3, 2013
      Hello, have a question to the community who own a Playbar. If we supposed that the Playbar supports DTS, does your TV support DTS passthrough over the optical cable? I think the most of us have to buy an additional optical audio switch.
      Can DTS even be passed through an optical cable?
      Adam_22
      Lyricist III
      May 3, 2013
      Hello, have a question to the community who own a Playbar. If we supposed that the Playbar supports DTS, does your TV support DTS passthrough over the optical cable? I think the most of us have to buy an additional optical audio switch.
      Yes it can.
      RO53BEN
      RO53BEN
      Enthusiast II
      May 3, 2013
      Hello, have a question to the community who own a Playbar. If we supposed that the Playbar supports DTS, does your TV support DTS passthrough over the optical cable? I think the most of us have to buy an additional optical audio switch.
      Of course it can, has been passed through optical since the 90s. To answer Michel's question, two scenarios here. 1) Your TV will passthru DTS - Sonos doesn't work with it, you get silence. 2) Your TV will not passthru DTS - You connect your device direct to Sonos, it can't handle it, you get silence. There is only one way to fix the silence, that is the purpose of this thread.
      I am no longer active on these forums, DM me if you have a question, I'd be happy to help.
      HarpuaFSB
      HarpuaFSB
      Trending Lyricist I
      May 3, 2013
      Hello, have a question to the community who own a Playbar. If we supposed that the Playbar supports DTS, does your TV support DTS passthrough over the optical cable? I think the most of us have to buy an additional optical audio switch.
      My TV passes Dolby Digital 5.1...right now I have my PS3 set to only pass DD and LPCM and have the audio options set to bitstream. So what is actually getting passed to the PLAYBAR is a DTS track converted to 5.1 or LPCM? In other words, if PLAYBAR were to add DTS support, I could then re-enable DTS on my PS3 and get better sound? I notice whatever is getting passed when I play the Star Wars (DTS) Blu-rays sound...off. Much worse (sounds compressed) than something with a DD5.1 track. I know this might be defeating the purpose but I've found a number of receivers that have an optical out. I guess if the PLAYBAR were to add DTS one could always get that and run all components through the reciever? Just trying to sort all this out, thanks.
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