Contributor I

DTS HD support?

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This is a feature request, I would love DTS-HD / DTS:X on my Sonos sound system. I have a lot of 4k Blu-ray’s that are mastered in DTS. As a premium sound system, it feels weird to not have this feature. I love my system, this is pretty much the only negative!

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Asked for once in a while, apparently not often enough to interest Sonos in adding DTS.

Airgetlam

Last time I looked, there was a relatively hefty ‘per speaker sold’ licensing fee, whether or not the speaker was used to decode the DTS:X/DTS:HD stream or not. If that still exists, you may want to petition Dolby instead.

Bruce

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @Gsyamada

Welcome to the Community!

Thank you - I've marked this thread as a feature request and it will be seen by the relevant teams for consideration. Keep the ideas coming!

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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GuyinPA75

Enthusiast I

Last time I looked, there was a relatively hefty ‘per speaker sold’ licensing fee, whether or not the speaker was used to decode the DTS:X/DTS:HD stream or not. If that still exists, you may want to petition Dolby instead.

Or...Sonos wants to still be cheap and/or greedy, they can allow the customer to purchase DTS license just like the Xbox does for DTS formats. That way, if want DTS formats up to DTS:X, you can have it. If not, then not have worry about it.

Still amazes me $200 soundbars have DTS:X. But a $1,000 soundbar handcuffs the customer’s options.

I have several friends that almost bought Sonos home theater setup. Saw no DTS:X, they immediately said no thanks.

jgatie

Or...Sonos wants to still be cheap and/or greedy, they can allow the customer to purchase DTS license just like the Xbox does for DTS formats. That way, if want DTS formats up to DTS:X, you can have it. If not, then not have worry about it.

Still amazes me $200 soundbars have DTS:X. But a $1,000 soundbar handcuffs the customer’s options.

I have several friends that almost bought Sonos home theater setup. Saw no DTS:X, they immediately said no thanks.

You keep saying this, but you’ve never addressed the point that whether or not a customer wants or uses the DTS:X license, Sonos still need to spend the manhours it takes to develop, maintain, and test the code which implements DTS:X. That is a significant outlay for something which is optional, and has had only a half dozen or so threads that never reach more than 2 pages requesting it.

It is also the most probable explanation as to why Sonos does not support DTS:X.

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