Jeff Cooper
Senior HTF Member
Hi Folks,
I see that on the Universal U-571 HD DVD it lists Dolby Digital Plus and DTS as the two soundtrack selections.
Now, I know that the Dolby Digital Plus, while not lossless, is a higher bitrate than the standard DD that is on regular SD DVD's. My question is about the DTS soundtrack that is included here. It is labeled as just DTS, not DTS+ or anything like that. Is this DTS track a higher bitrate than a standard DTS track on a SD DVD? Does it compare to the DD+ in terms of quality, or is it a standard SD DVD DTS soundtrack?
I did notice that when playing the DTS track my reciever showed 'Multi Ch In' rather than 'DTS', so that would tend to make me believe that this is a higher quality encode than SD DTS. (I'm passing the signal from an HD-A2 to a Denon AVR 2807 via HDMI, with HDMI audio output set to 'Auto' on the player).
One final note is that to my ears, the DTS sounded a little fuller and better, but that could just be psychological.
I see that on the Universal U-571 HD DVD it lists Dolby Digital Plus and DTS as the two soundtrack selections.
Now, I know that the Dolby Digital Plus, while not lossless, is a higher bitrate than the standard DD that is on regular SD DVD's. My question is about the DTS soundtrack that is included here. It is labeled as just DTS, not DTS+ or anything like that. Is this DTS track a higher bitrate than a standard DTS track on a SD DVD? Does it compare to the DD+ in terms of quality, or is it a standard SD DVD DTS soundtrack?
I did notice that when playing the DTS track my reciever showed 'Multi Ch In' rather than 'DTS', so that would tend to make me believe that this is a higher quality encode than SD DTS. (I'm passing the signal from an HD-A2 to a Denon AVR 2807 via HDMI, with HDMI audio output set to 'Auto' on the player).
One final note is that to my ears, the DTS sounded a little fuller and better, but that could just be psychological.