captainsolo said:

DTS can be beneficial for some films due to the higher bitrate, but I usually prefer to watch films in their original release format. If it was a Dolby release then I stick with that track unless the other is a preferred option by the people involved etc.

The difference can be heard on some films: Tomorrow Never Dies was impressive in its Dolby mix. (like it was in the theater-okay movie, great sound mix) I switched over to the DTS just out of curiosity and was blown away.

Then again, I'm talking about standard and not HD or lossless.

The only way I can see DTS for Star Wars is using the 1997 DTS mix for the Special Edition and a brand new DTS 70mm mix (like the one created for the Vertigo restoration).

I saw that at in dts at screen 6 UCI Tower Park around December 1997 with a friend. He sat middle of the cinema while front and centre row for the wildest LCR stereo front imagining the further you move back the less and less the stereo width becomes.

I found the film mix interesting with softer sounds like the shower scene after the helicopter took a plunge into street in ball of flames! Bond passing the soap, just don’t bend over Bond! LOL The sound of the bar of soap I think being picked up from stage left had me looking in that direction while water was covering them.

I’d have to re-listen to that scene again on DVD Dolby digital. My friend has my optical cable for the laserdisc player so I can’t play the dts laserdisc when I was less cynical about dts as whole.