Please add support for DTS for the Sonos Playbar.

I would buy two Sonos 1/3 if you make DTS possible. So please think about it.

I was seconds away from ordering a playbar when I stumbled upon this thread.

Seems like a deal breaker. Shame.

I'm more confused than disappointed at this thread.  I just don't get how you could possibly leave DTS off.  I'm astounded.

For a company with high regard, the time they take to post a response is unacceptable.

I didn't realise the size of this problem until I sat down to watch Skyfall on Blu Ray last night using my new wireless HD projector and Sonos Playbar/Sub/2xPlay1 system. The image quality was fantastic but I could not get any sound due to the English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack. Yes, the disc has several DD 5.1 soundtracks for French, Spanish, Russian, etc but the English soundtrack is DTS only.

I managed to set the Blu Ray player to convert the soundtrack to PCM but it is nowhere near the expected quality. It's not an issue of going via a TV as I'm using optical cable straight from the Blu Ray player to the Playbar.

I had naively thought this wasn't a big issue as you could always switch to DD 5.1 instead of DTS but had not realised on some Blu Ray discs this is not an option. Please fix this issue so we can get the sound experience we thought we were going to get.

Add me to the chorus.  I just dropped $1800 on a Playbar, two Play:1s, and a Sub without ever even thinking that in 2013, high end kit like Sonos wouldn't support DTS.  I have everything flowing through an AV receiver to avoid the whole TV hassle and tried watching a couple Blu-rays and noticed I wasn't getting true 5.1.  The receiver at leasts decodes DTS-HD and sends it as LPCM so I get stereo, which is better then nothing, but still sounds like crap.  Then I tried playing some DVDs with only a DTS track, which the receiver doesn't decode and just passes through so I get nothing.  This would all be resolved if Sonos just supported the DTS codec.

I was going to recommend Sonos to my father-in-law but won't now.  No way I'm going to try remotely supporting, troubleshooting, and explaining why some of his sources and media produce great sound, some crappy sound, and some no sound at all.  I'm seriously debating returning everything.  I'm still in shock.  The receiver I'm using was a crappy HTIB from SEVEN years ago and it supports DTS.  The whole 5.1 HTIB with receiver was less then the Playbar.  Unbelievable.

It would be great if they at least provided a more recent update on where we stand on this issue.  Sonos, you're seriously distancing your playbar customers.  I'm glad that other manufactures like Samsung are coming into the market with similar tech which hopefully should give sonos a little push to be more competitive and in line with certain consumer requirements.

Legrand JF - great suggestion the Sabre 35 looks great and does support DTS and DTS-HD (which Sonos can't support with the only optical option).  For $800 it's a great deal. I might have to consider that.

I thought perhaps that wireless surround speakers with DTS was a technical impossibility but it seems the chaps at Vizio have done it with the Vizio S4251w-B4. The sub is wirelessly paired with the sound bar then the surrounds plug into the sub - all for $299 ! Come on Sonos - keep up !

These morons (I don't regret using this language) do not even have courtesy to tell their customers who have invested so much in their company about their plans for almost a year now. Such a shame!! Will make sure no one within my friend/ family circle gets sonos. What's the point of this forum when the communication is only ONE way??