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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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    Contributor III
    November 5, 2013
    as an aside whilst I wait for Sonos to fix this, with this new style forum can anyone explain to me how I can reach these new comments at the end of this conversation without having to click 'View More' 30 times ?  I'm 'following' this idea but dont receive any mails for it either :-(

    I just solved this with editing the "page=XX" part in the URL to "page=28". Multiple tries to get the recent page. Thats annoying beyond believe. Even as annoying as the lack of DTS support. ^^
    Contributor III
    November 5, 2013
    Correct me if I'm wrong but can't one just set the BluRay player to decode the DTS track and output PCM to the tv? Bingo, you'll get audio from BluRay to the Playbar. No, it won't be the bitstream DTS track which is preferable. But at least it's not silence. As to how well Sonos mimics surround sound from this stereo feed, it's a matter of personal taste. I find it adequate. YMMV.
    You may be right, but this workaround with the definite loss of sound/surround quality is completely unaccaptable for any modern surround system. Esp. one in this price range.
    I dont have the problem, because with the right settings my PS3 outputs even DTS only soundtracks on BluRays as DolbyDigital5.1 and it sounds amazing. But Sonos cant expect all its customers to buy a PS3.......
    Lyricist III
    November 5, 2013
    What is Sonos waiting for? Ignoring tends to cause frustration and anger. Please give us an answer.
    Lyricist III
    November 5, 2013
    Please add DTS you know it makes sense!
    Lyricist III
    November 5, 2013
    Please could I ask that you treat your customers with respect as they have spent a lot of hard earned money on your products.

    At least have the customer care to say whether you intend to add DTS or not. At least then everyone can make a decision whether to, expand their sonos system or find an alternative product that provides this function
    Trending Lyricist I
    November 5, 2013
    This is highly frustrating, they don't even have courtesy to acknowledge their short comings and deliver a honest reply to their loyal customers on what their intentions are w.r.t DTS support!!!!! Feel so annoyed, they have lost all my respect and trust!
    Lyricist II
    November 6, 2013
    Just set up my playbar... surprise! no sound...
    Lyricist III
    November 6, 2013
    Come on guys. A soundbar without DTS compatibility isn't really good enough, particularly for a premium product like Sonos. Let's have this sorted please?!
    Lyricist II
    November 6, 2013
    I hope you will add this soon.
    Lyricist I
    November 6, 2013
    Hi,

    I am looking to purchase the playbar and sub and would like to know if the new playbars came with an update to include DTS?

    Many thanks

    Jason.