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In Reply to: Dolby Digital vs. DTS vs. DTS-ES posted by Blue on December 05, 2000 at 19:31:59:
DD and DTS, as I'm sure you know, are both 5.1 channel sound. DTS-ES is 6.1 (the extra 1 being a rear center). My understanding is that to get true EX or ES sound you receiver/processor has to be THX approved. Sony, and maybe Yamaha(?), have gotten around this by doing "virtual ES" which means the DSP creates a virtual rear center. Now if ES will down mix to DTS 5.1 I don't know. If you would like, I can try it out tonight and see if it will play in 5.1 as opposed to 6.1. I wasn't amazingly impressed with the DTS mix when I watched Gladiator the first time as the dialog seemed some what muffled.There is an 1999 interview at bettercables.com with David Del Grosso from DTS that talks about DTS and its advantages. How accurate it is, since David is/was the Marketing Director for DTS, is your call. I don't know if it talks about DTS-ES or not.
Jeff
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Thank you for your help one dark cat.
The DTS-ES would not down mix. I can turn off the rear center but it still shows it as a 6.1 signal.And the EX refered to DD-EX, also 6.1 I believe, although, it could be 7.1.
Jeff
You are right, DD-EX is 6.1. This is what the new star wars was mixed in. DTS-ES is their answer to it. I have Gladiator and have the same problem. Not wanting 6.1, but 5.1 DTS. I actually prefer DTS to DD. I am wondering if this will be the same problem on the new release of T2. It seems to be such a new format that they(dts) would not give only one option.regards, dave
I listened to the Gladiator and picked dts and don't remember anything about dts-ex. I just choose dts and it played just fine. I have a sony dvd and it "does" dts as does my amp a parasound 2500.
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