Daniel Becker
Second Unit
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2002
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- 383
The more DTS disks I acquire the more i'm beginning to wonder how there is any debate that DTS is better than Dolby Digital. I've only been on this board for 6-9 months now but i'm beginning to wonder just how anyone could honestly believe that DTS and DD are equals.
I found a copy of Road to Perdition DD the other day on Ebay for real cheap. So I picked it up knowing i'd rather have the DTS version but I figured I could live with it since it was such a great deal. So, I get it in the mail and watched about half of it the other night. I was just bothered by how weak the DD track sounded. It was just plain flat sounding. I was over at a friends place the next night and I realized he had the DTS version and he doesn't even have a Dolby Digital system so it meant nothing to him. So I offered to trade him my DD version for his DTS version and I informed him he'd be gaining a 30 minute documentary about the film. So he went for it.
I get the DTS version home last night and I watched the first 15 minutes since it was so late. I was blown away by how nice it sounded. The difference from the DD track was obvious and everything just had a much fuller sound to it. The background noises were the most obvious addition. They whole funeral scene had a much more lively sound to it with background effects and the like.
So, I don't want some huge debate that i've heard about in the past but i'm still confused as to how some people still argue that DD is the equal to DTS.
Dan.B
I found a copy of Road to Perdition DD the other day on Ebay for real cheap. So I picked it up knowing i'd rather have the DTS version but I figured I could live with it since it was such a great deal. So, I get it in the mail and watched about half of it the other night. I was just bothered by how weak the DD track sounded. It was just plain flat sounding. I was over at a friends place the next night and I realized he had the DTS version and he doesn't even have a Dolby Digital system so it meant nothing to him. So I offered to trade him my DD version for his DTS version and I informed him he'd be gaining a 30 minute documentary about the film. So he went for it.
I get the DTS version home last night and I watched the first 15 minutes since it was so late. I was blown away by how nice it sounded. The difference from the DD track was obvious and everything just had a much fuller sound to it. The background noises were the most obvious addition. They whole funeral scene had a much more lively sound to it with background effects and the like.
So, I don't want some huge debate that i've heard about in the past but i'm still confused as to how some people still argue that DD is the equal to DTS.
Dan.B