I apologize if this has been discussed already, but my question is simple. My Sony DVD player is DTS compatible, but my Sony A/V receiver is not. Can DTS DVDs be played with this setup, albeit not in DTS, as Dolby Digital 5.1? Do the DTS releases also have Dolby Digital 5.1 sound tracks?

Thanks!

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Some DTS DVDs have DD5.1 tracks, but most don't. You will definitely find a DD2.0 track on all DTS DVDs.

Here are your answers:

quote:<HR>Can DTS DVDs be played with this setup, albeit not in DTS, as Dolby Digital 5.1? <HR>

Im pretty sure no...

quote:<HR>Do the DTS releases also have Dolby Digital 5.1 sound tracks?<HR>

Sometimes...


Hope it helped, although short-answered...


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All commercially available DVDs have to have a PCM or a Dolby Digital audio track in order to meet the DVD specification.

As such, all DTS DVDs will have a DD track on them, but they are usually DD 2.0 tracks that will play as Dolby Surround through your receiver.

There have been quite a few DVDs that have both the DTS and DD 5.1 audio tracks recently, however. Twister, Interview with a Vampire, Red Violin, Sheryl Crow Rockin' the Globe Live, and Roy Orbison Black and White Nights are DVDs I've recently purchased that have both DTS and DD 5.1 tracks.

Be sure to play only the Dolby Digital audio tracks, because an undecoded DTS audio signal can damage your equipment.

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Too add to Blades already comprehensive explanation in order to play back a DTS soundtrack, you not only have a DVD player capable of passing through the DTS signal but also a receiver that will except and play it back. In other words both your DVD player and receiver have to be DTS compatible. If this is not the case then you have to play the DD track on the DTS DVD which is usually 2.0 surround but can in certain cases be 5.1 as Blade mentioned above.

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