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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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    Lyricist I
    July 10, 2013
    Having recently downsized living space wise (from a house to an apartment), I have been seriously considering selling my home theater receiver & speaker setup and purchasing the Sonos Soundbar and sub. I like the convenience of being able to use all of the streaming audio programs/apps that I enjoy via my computer/smart phone as well as the easy expandability to add music to other rooms via the purchase of a play3 or play5 speaker. The one thing that has made the move to Sonos a NON-STARTER for me is the lack of DTS support. I have a fairly extensive Blu-ray collection and I am simply not willing to purchase a system that doesn't support DTS. Looks like I may be looking for non-powered "sound bar" alternatives and keeping my home theater receiver after-all. You are losing sales and potential customers, Sonos...
    Lyricist III
    July 11, 2013
    I am absolutely appalled at the audio limitations of the Sonos Playbar system. I was planning to purchase it but am now glad I did some further research. I will not be purchasing it until the PCM issue is fixed!
    Avid Contributor I
    July 11, 2013
    Come on... Still under consideration? Please, Sonos management, it seems like the obvious way or you have something planned that might even be better to address this issue?
    Avid Contributor I
    July 12, 2013
    Any news ? It's been marked as "Under Consideration" 4 month ago. A clear statement what the result of the consideration was would be nice. If it won't be added customers might want to wait for the Playbar v2 with DTS support and HDMI connection.
    Lyricist III
    July 12, 2013
    Customers ARE already waiting for playbar software/hardware v2.0 supporting DTS. @Sonos: Please don't bother us with marketing campaigns - just give us DTS support
    Lyricist III
    July 12, 2013
    Can we just have an answer if you did want to add it to existing playbar, would it be possible???
    Lyricist II
    July 14, 2013
    This is a really important issue, that many people want implemented as soon as possible. I'm sure that it will be resolved, rather than just ignored. There is no debate here, DTS needs to work with your system. It really is a no brainer. Any update would be greatly received.
    Contributor I
    July 15, 2013
    I'll add my request as well ... A play bar and sub for my den is a no-brainer upgrade to my Sonos setup ... But not without DTS!
    Lyricist I
    July 15, 2013
    I was about to go all in on (2) Play:5, (5) Play:3, Bridge and a Playbar. I actually still have it in my Amazon cart. Then I stumbled upon a few reviews that noted the lack of DTS support. I wanted a full system that integrated with my TV/PS3/Xbox. I find it hard to believe that Sonos has chosen not to include DTS. If I knew that it was going to be added, that would ease my mind and I would still go through with the buy. Until then, I will unfortunately need to hold off. Is there an update from the company on this issue?
    Lyricist I
    July 15, 2013
    Just bought the Playbar and hooked it up to a Samsung TV with the Plex app. The Samsung has DTS pass-through, which made almost all my movies silent 😞 Luckily I found a thread on the Plex forum explaining how it is possible to change the output to 2 channel PCM in the TV menu. But one have to do this every time, and sound quality is reduced of course. I guess it´s the same with my DTS DVDs and BluRays too. Please add DTS support, Sonos. This shouldn't be an issue in 2013. And when you do, a sub and a couple of play 3 speakers probably will find their way to my living-room too..