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Dolby Digital or DTS?

Dolby Digital or DTS?

 

Even if the Blu-Ray bit by bit DVD ousted from the market, the majority of home cinema fans and average Joes own a DVD player. However, these usually offer several sound formats, but you will most often find information about the 5.1 surround sound method DTS or Dolby Digital on the back of the DVD case.

However, this information is only relevant if you have a DTS or Dolby Digital capable DVD player and AVReceiver own (must have a DTS or Dolby DigitalDecoder own). If this is the case, the first question that arises is what delivers the better sound. In this article I want to go into that briefly.

As the DVD only has a limited storage capacity (singleLayer 4,7 GB) the developers of DTS and Dolby had to use mathematical tricks to compress the volume of data in the audio track. The audio tracks on the new Blu-Rays are uncompressed due to the large storage capacity of the disc. The difference between DTS and Dolby Digital in terms of size is that DTS dem Ton larger amounts of data and is therefore, at least in theory, slightly better in quality than Dolby Digital. This can also be proven in many listening tests (assuming a good system).

But how do the larger amounts of data for the sound in DTS make themselves felt in the sound?

DTS sounds cleaner in the highs, whereas Dolby Digital plays quite rough. On the other hand, many claim that you don't hear a difference, but if you look at the exact ones Specifications of the two formats, you can already see that DTS has a higher bitrate owns and technically sounds better. But if you don't know the difference between a 128 kbit/s and 192 kbit/s encoded on your system MP3-file, you don't even have to worry about deciding between Dolby Digital or DTS!

The decision between is more important stereo and 5.1: If you have the option to choose between Dolby Digital and DTS, often only one audio track is recorded in 5.1 surround, the other in stereo or in the old Dolby Surround process. In that case, be sure to select the 5.1 variant. Whether it comes from Dolby or from DTS is less important here. You can make these settings in the audio setup of the inserted DVD.

What do you have to consider when wiring?

Connect the DVD player to the AV receiver using a digital cable. This can be done either via the audio out Connection or Toslink– Connection (light guide) done.

In any case, AV receivers always have the option of using one of the two variants. However, there are some small differences in sound.

If you have everything wired up, you must set the digital output to Dolby Digital or DTS before you start the first time in the setup of the DVD player (often called up by pressing the "Setup" button on the remote control).PCM“ be activated there!

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