Whats your best/worst DTS track ever. On DVD or laser.......... (1 Viewer)

[Jeff Kleist]

going to be a remixed DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 track

It was DTS-ES theatrically. No remixing done

 

[Declan]

Compared to the DD DVD (which is not widescreen BTW) the DTS LD sounds thin and harsh

The DVD sounds thin and harsh or the laserdisc?

I'm assuming you mean the DVD?

 

[Patrick McCart]

Shrek has an excellent DTS track. The film's soundmix is subtle, though...

 

[Joseph_mx]

But let's not forget the music DVDs

Talking about the devil... the worst DTS track is Queen: We will rock you, the DD 5.1 is much better.

 

[Mark_Wilson]

LD: Strange Days (I'd like to here Casper, Titanic and Dark City though)

DVD: Blade II is the new reference for me. SPR is very good too.

 

[Philip Hamm]

Best:
Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame LD
Casper LD
Schindler's List LD
Strange Days LD
The Red Violin DVD
Worst
Blown Away LD - sounds awful!
I think it has more to do with the quality of the recording than the codec.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Monty, you might want to shrink that sig a tad. Just a suggestion

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

I wonder, though, why dialogue driven films like "I am Sam" even need DTS. Better put those bits into the picture.

I have to disagree here...
In my experience, the mix is much more important than the actual codec used, and those discs where most of us agree dts is 'better' than DD usually have a different mix, SPR comes to mind.
When the same mix is used, I find it much harder to note the difference, I think I find dts to be maybe a little bit more natural sounding for subtle and atmospheric sounds, and also human voices. Therefore, I prefer dts on dialogue driven films such as Man on the Moon, American Beauty etc. When it comes to explosions and action, DD does just as good a job as dts in representing that. Just my humble opinions, of course, YMMV.
So, good dts mixes/discs (in addition to previous examples) are American Beuty, Red Violin, K-Pax while I agree that the Leathal Weapon trilogy does not sound that great.