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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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      User739329
      Lyricist III
      May 31, 2013
      I returned my Sonos playbar a few weeks ago and last week I bought the Philips HTL9100. I'm glad I did. The sound quality might not be as good, but it's good enough for me. For the same price it included rear speakers and a subwoofer and 2 HDMI inputs and 1 output with ARC support (as it should). And this unit accepts all sound streams (Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD) It also has bluetooth streaming for music, so I highly recommend it instead of the Sonos.
      User200527_1
      Lyricist I
      May 31, 2013
      Same here ....Can we get get some feedback on where Sonos is with the DTS implementation ? As a customer I would really appreciate some reaction here other than the standard consideration.
      Thomas Hedberg
      Lyricist I
      May 31, 2013
      I just ordered a Playbar because I wanted some fairly descent sound without a large set of speakers etc like in my home cinema. and because I have Sonos units in most rooms. I was annoyed when I noticed it didnt support HDMI input and any HD codecs, but thought it would still be better than the build-in sound in my TV. I was horrified when I read this thread about missing ordinary DTS. I am going to cancel the order 😞
      Thomas Hedberg
      Lyricist I
      May 31, 2013
      I just ordered a Playbar because I wanted some fairly descent sound without a large set of speakers etc like in my home cinema. and because I have Sonos units in most rooms. I was annoyed when I noticed it didnt support HDMI input and any HD codecs, but thought it would still be better than the build-in sound in my TV. I was horrified when I read this thread about missing ordinary DTS. I am going to cancel the order 😞
      Thomas_86
      Lyricist II
      May 31, 2013
      Short and sweet. A £600 premium hi-fi product should support an equally high-fidelity and ubiquitous codec. Please, make this happen!
      Konstandinos Saipas
      Lyricist I
      June 4, 2013
      Lack of DTS and ability to accept multiple inputs (as TV is not able to send DD5.1 over to slink) are the main reasons that I will not buy Sonos for my Home theater needs... Real shame 😞
      allancain
      Lyricist III
      June 4, 2013
      lack of dts spoils what is otherwise a perfect product. works great with my plex sever on my samsung but I have to change the o/p of all my DTS files to PCM to get audio not buying a sub and 2* play 3 till DTS is supported. can't believe Sonos charge what they do and then scrimp on a DTS licence.
      Jim Panse
      Lyricist I
      June 4, 2013
      I have a 5.1 system too. Please add DTS support.
      User140361
      Trending Lyricist I
      June 4, 2013
      If/When Sonos decides to support DTS, does anyone know if this will be a simple software upgrade or will we have to go out and buy a new Playbar? Wasn't sure if DTS is a function of software or hardware?
      allancain
      Lyricist III
      June 5, 2013
      If/When Sonos decides to support DTS, does anyone know if this will be a simple software upgrade or will we have to go out and buy a new Playbar? Wasn't sure if DTS is a function of software or hardware?
      A Sonos rep told me a firmware upgrade was possible but Sonos don't want to go to the expense of a licence
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