captainsolo:
Star Wars has always been Dolby-it has never been DTS (except for rare screenings of the 97 SE). There's no reason to change it now.
There's DTS and then there's DTS, same as there's Dolby, and then there's Dolby.
What I mean is, there isn't a strong analogue between DTS vs Dolby in theatres and DTS vs Dolby at home. If something was Dolby in theatres, and Dolby Digital HD at home, that doesn't mean it's a more pristine transfer than if it was Dolby in theatres and DTS-HD at home.
doubleofive said:
I'm not a fan of this DTS thing, mostly because my receiver won't read it. But my cheap Walmart receiver can play any kind of Dolby. It's sad, if I want to watch Star Trek TOS, the new mix I have to switch to my Aux Stereo In (my BR player can output DTS in analog stereo), but if I want to listen to the original mono, I get it lossless straight through my coax input.
Of course, it could be that I just need to buy a new receiver...
Every DVD player and receiver sold in the last 10 years should support ALL DVD BASED Dolby and DTS codecs. On Blu-Ray, however, you also get DolbyHD and DTS-HD codecs thrown into the mix. Most if not all players can stream the data to the receiver, but it's been a mixed bag on what receivers can decode what codecs.
005, is your receiver old enough that it doesn't even support DVD based DTS? And it seems that DTS on DVD died a silent death sometime before HDDVD came out. I think the LotR EE discs were some of the last I bought that had DTS on them.
Case in point: Pirates otC 1 is in DTS 6.1 as well as DD5.1. PotC 2 & 3 are just in DD5.1.
I do prefer DTS for DVDs, not because it's louder, but I do feel that the Signal to Noise Ratio is better. But because it's usually designed with a nice home theatre set-up in mind. The DD5.1 tracks have to be able to downmix cleanly to 2.0 stereo because sadly that is still how 90% of DVDs are listened to. The DTS tracks usually don't compromise due to the fact that they aren't the "primary" track on the disc. Also, it supports a discreet 6.1 track, unlike Dolby Digital on DVD.
I don't have a new-enough receiver to process either of the "HD" codecs, so I can't comment on them. However, if they both sound as good or better than DTS6.1 generally does, I'm sure I can't be bothered to tell the difference between them. My ears aren't that good.