dts 5.1 vs. ac3 5.1

[sandenscot]

I personally have a DVD machine that decodes DTS so that is not a problem...my question is whether or not anyone sees a significant difference between the two 5.1 audio tracks. Obviously DTS takes more memory and when I am backing up a movie I must use more compression if I am going to keep both audio formats....what does everyone think and do? Do you keep only one?....or both? I believe DTS sounds better correct?

[LT. Columbo]

i always get rid of DTS, waaaay to big. i'd rather use space for video bitrate.

[sandenscot]

so you are saying that you saw no difference in sound quality?

[LT. Columbo]

it really depends on your set-up, to someone like me it doesn't matter one bit.. why not experiment with an rw disc and try it both ways and see...

[2COOL]

Out of curiousity, has it entered anyone's mind that a person's hearing ability could be a big factor. To some people, it may sound the same, even if coming from the same audio equipment. This is a subjective situation as like people who talk about video quality.

The only way to find out is to hear the audios yourself or get a big consensus from a big group of people listening to your audio setup.

My 2 cents.

EDIT: Ideally, you can opt to keep all if you get yourself a dual layer burner.

[BR7]

I am a big DTS fan I leave it on I wish all DVDs had the DTS option

[sandenscot]

I do have a dual layer but the blank dvd's are very expensive vs. single layer dont you think....

[LT. Columbo]

yes, i think. totally.

[jmet]

A more in depth discussion about it is located here: http://forum.digital-digest.com/show...threadid=45190

[sandenscot]

that link to that thread is very good indeed, very informative...Thanks!! I think I will use DTS since I can decode that on my dvd player...I cannot hear DTS on my computer but that is not where I watch my movies anyway.

[jmet]

You're very welcome! Due realize though, in keeping "DTS" audio, your "Video" (picture) quality may suffer. I only leave DTS audio if it will not effect the video quality.

[badabbing]

Sounds like you have a choice to make like all of us. DD is compressed and takes up less space on the media and DTS uses less compression which in turn takes more space on the media. DTS will usually yield more impact than DD, but it will also require a DTS player in oroder to output any sound. The way I takled this issue is if I backup a movie that I know has a great sound track in DTS, I will make two copies one in DTS and one in DD.

[atifsh]

I believe DTS sounds better correct?

simple answer yes DTS sounds better, leave the talk how much, but it does makes difference.
my hometheater, sony, i always get better sound, [louder and more Boom] with dts, and it happens to every DVD i own.

[blutach]

Gotta agree. Love DTS. It's worth keeping, even if you have to downgrade the video quality a bit.

Regards

[blutach]

The way I takled this issue is if I backup a movie that I know has a great sound track in DTS, I will make two copies one in DTS and one in DD.

Precisely! I did this on Passion Of The Christ - the DD for the old TV that couldn't handle a DTS signal and the DTS for the home cinema.

Regards