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Originally Posted by davcole
I've alread conceded your points, no need to go further. You are correct that DTS absolutely needs BD to insure it's survival. However the question remains so far as TRUEHD, if it's not successful on BD, where will it be used?
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The fact is that enough software has already been issued with both codecs that neither can go away. The TrueHD engine was built upon the proven MLP algorithm with some updates so it is proven technology and it is cheap now. Plus with so many other Dolby technologies being included in consumer equipment, Dolby would probably just lump its licensing use in with other new technologies. We already are seeing low price AVRs include both TrueHD and dts-HD decoding. I have to say I was surprised at how many sub-$1k AVRs included these new algorithms a couple of years ago.
Again neither is going away, just don't be too confident that winds of change won't blow again.
And I have not heard definite proof that Warner is switching other than a single title and it did occur a couple times in the past where a few Warner issued DVDs had a dts track. And Paramount seems to be committed to TrueHD as well. And at the moment Sony has said nothing publically about switching. So until they do, it appears that Dolby and dts are about equally split in the lossless department.