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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
    March 20, 2013
    I would love to see DTS support please. I have one Playbar on the way but with DTS I will get another sub and a couple more Playbars. Love my Sonos system 🙂
    RO53BEN
    Enthusiast II
    March 20, 2013
    On average, more than two requests per day have been added to this thread since it was originally posted. Says it all really.
    I am no longer active on these forums, DM me if you have a question, I'd be happy to help.
    Lyricist III
    March 20, 2013
    Rather upset at the lack of DTS, have the playbar and two Play:3s setup, Sub on the way. Please implement this 🙂
    Lyricist III
    March 20, 2013
    Plz can some guru or sonos rep tell me why 1: no HDMI 2: no DTS 3: crossover frequency and freq response for playbar in spec sheet or for that matter other sonos components.
    Sonos Staff
    March 20, 2013
    Plz can some guru or sonos rep tell me why 1: no HDMI 2: no DTS 3: crossover frequency and freq response for playbar in spec sheet or for that matter other sonos components.
    Hi djay, Sonos made a deliberate design decision not to include an HDMI port on the PLAYBAR. We expect that more and more video will be streamed directly from the internet to the TV and in this case the optical output is by far the easiest and best way to stream audio to PLAYBAR. DTS support was not included in part because the vast majority of televisions do not pass DTS audio from their optical ports. This topic is currently marked as Under Consideration as a possible future enhancement. Sonos does not provide these figures because we do not believe that specs tell the whole story. This is consistent with all other Sonos products. Thanks.
    Lyricist III
    March 20, 2013
    On my blu-ray player I currently have these settings;
    • Dolby digital -> output bitstream / dolby digital
    • Stereo -> output bitstream / PCM
    • DTS -> output downmix stereo PCM
    I have to watch hi-def movie content with a stereo soundtrack. Can this be addressed please ? Thank you.
    Lyricist III
    March 20, 2013
    Plz can some guru or sonos rep tell me why 1: no HDMI 2: no DTS 3: crossover frequency and freq response for playbar in spec sheet or for that matter other sonos components.
    Thanks, for the reply John. I agree 100% with the fact that numbers don't tell the complete story but why not make it a public knowledge...well its sonos call.... But i don't agree with the DTS (i like that it is under consideration) or HDMI decision. Also is there a option for room correction for the 5.1 setup ? (i felt that the speakers did not get along well with each other) P.S. I am happy with the connect player 🙂
    Enthusiast I
    March 21, 2013
    Along with no DTS support...why not add 4XHDMI in. Sonos always touts the ease of use so why not add to it and make it the nerve center of media room, is it that expensive? i hate to say is sonos turning into bose v2.0. there are so many user who are trying to find a work around this prob. and still paying heft price for sonos. on the weekend i listen to sonos 5.1 sys in BB, here are my impression ill keep it short... 1: The system lacked cohesion as whole, may be the setup was wrong. 2: Speakers are tad bright and may lead to listening fatigue. 3: Impressive for movies not for music. So-No... till i see steps in right direction
    Wish it were DC
    Lyricist I
    March 21, 2013
    sad that sonos isnt giving the people (customers) who keep the company going something they need and want. Just so frustrating. John M please tell Sonos that people truly are begging for DTS.
    Lyricist I
    March 21, 2013
    please add DTS, my whole library has DTS 😞 For this kind of money, it should be available