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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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      vineet381
      Trending Lyricist I
      November 12, 2013
      come on Sonos, last thing u want to do is remove the comments by your users
      FaSli
      Contributor III
      November 12, 2013
      Ques- is lack of DTS support related to absence of HDMI port in the playbar or is it a licensing issue between them (sonos) and DTS?
      No, DTS can pass through optical. Without HDMI only formats like DD-HD and DTS-HD are impossible. The reason why DTS is still not supported is open for speculation. Possible reasons are:
      - a hardware issue they stumbled upon when trying to implement the DTS or
      - a licensing issue caused by a) Sonos calculations if its really beneficial for them or b) the DTS company not selling them the lisence because they wanna release some kind of wireless streaming devices themself

      I dont know...
      User206751
      User206751
      Lyricist I
      November 13, 2013
      My PlayBar is now a $700 Fisher-Price toy. Seriously Sonos, get your shit together on this one. I can't watch a single BluRay with the PlayBar...you're screwing your customers over here.
      renini
      Lyricist I
      November 13, 2013
      Yeh fix this man, sjeez.... I would rather buy something else now for 2k!
      fam1208
      Lyricist I
      November 13, 2013
      Sonos promotes its products in german TV including the Playbar. But who should buy the Playbar, which doesn´t support DTS 5.1? The most Blu Rays only have a DTS 5.1 Soundtrack. Whats the meaning to buy a Playbar for that Price, without a support oft the most used Soundtrack? Please release a Firmwareupdate to fix this essential fault.
      Flymish
      Lyricist I
      November 13, 2013
      I'll add a Playbar tomorrow to my Sonos collection if Sonos confirm that DTS will be supported. Come on guy! Please make this happen, and take the market by storm!
      Phil_1
      Contributor I
      November 13, 2013
      Is this true about Blu Ray and Playbar? I was going to get a playbar, I wont if I can't watch my Blu rays
      FaSli
      Contributor III
      November 13, 2013
      Comments are stacking up. I'm still full of hope you are seriously working on this. Please let us know ASAP.
      Chris Richardson_1
      Lyricist I
      November 13, 2013
      i am actually considering getting rid of my sonos system that i already have(been customer for years) in favor of the new bose soundtouch systems. bose is more well known and i am just burned out by issues i have had (65k track limit, no dts support for playbar) with sonos i am willing to take a chance on the new bose lineup.
      Sascha_2
      Lyricist I
      November 14, 2013
      DTS support is a must have. The Playbar ist worthless without this feature. I sold my Denon AVR and Sonos:Connect to buy the Playbar, Sub and two Play:1. The result is Stereo sound pumped up to Virtual Surround. I hope DTS will be supportet very soon...
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