Dolby TrueHD or dtsHD Master

[989547]

Is it better to hear audio on a BluRay in Dolby TrueHD or dtsHD Master?

[Scooby Blu]

wow this topic has been beaten to death. Short answer both blow away lossy audio!

[surfdude12]

they're both the same (theoretically), what is different is the source. but of course, comparing movie#1 DTS-HD with movie #2 Dolby-HD is apples and oranges.
for proper comparison, check out a movie that has DTS-HD and DOlby_HD from teh same source.

[JBL4645]

Bassically it’s the same six-track mix on both one might be manipulated into tricking one or two of us into believing dts is better!

Dolby has been at the forefront of cinema for decades now. Its tag in the early days was… Making Films Sound Better.

Other sound formats that was under studios who did there own setting up their sound in cinemas. Then it all started to full apart with lousy sound in the cinema and that lasted for while, before my time, least up till the 1970's, I’m only recalling on what I can remember roughly reading form years ago. oh around in the 1990's when I was reading this.

I’m for Dolby and often films that where produced in Dolby like Cliffhanger gets dtsHDMA WTF!

Watch the end credits its Dolby Stereo SR also there was 70mm Dolby SR and rumours of test print around the time, Dolby SR-D.

It sounds good on Bluray but I, feel we are getting slyly cheated as paying consumers!

TOP GUN has both! DolbyTrue dtsHDMA and the DVD Dolby dts are within tiny fraction of db.

The Bluray is just a few more db higher on dtsHDMA and I’m far too wise to full for this trick! Its BS!

One TOP GUN was never released in dts in 1986! Dolby stereo A and 70mm!

I think dts should stay Jurassic Park Apollo 13! Catch my drift everyone!

Over the years dts was only selected for those who had it, the prints only had dts digital and dts stereo analogue.

As time went by Dolby SR-D prints had a dts track beside it and then SDDS6/8 (SDDS8) is very rare with only few handful. Same thing with 70mm prints that had split-surrounds since Superman (1978) till the day it retired.

I think Warner produces mostly DolbyTrue Paramount DolbyTrue dtsHDMA Universal dtsHDMA so far with a few titles of The Borne flicks, sigh.

Okay some 35mm prints have SDDS Dolby SR-D and dts and if I was rich, I’d be running 35mm and chose Dolby all the time.

Here we, have very, very little choice.

Why don’t they produce SDDS8 for Bluray since it can handle the 8 channels but, with five-screen fronts why more surround channels, heck I have x12 surrounds in my set-up but that doesn’t mean x12 discrete channels!

I think Sony has got to really pull its socks up! I want SDDS8 because it’s the one cinema format I’ve never heard since it came out in 1993.

The long wait is over, its nearly 2010! Almost 20 years! Now then!

[saprano]

Go JBL go!

To the OP, both will give you excellent audio. though i prefer dts.

[Blove23]

Originally Posted by 989547

Is it better to hear audio on a BluRay in Dolby TrueHD or dtsHD Master?

Check out "Top Gun" or "The Final Countdown" then you decide!

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Blove23

Check out "Top Gun" or "The Final Countdown" then you decide!

Sure, just make sure he listens to the DTS track which has the 70MM 6 track mix. the TrueHD has the 35MM stereo. night and day difference.

It makes me wonder how many other catalog titles skip on the 6 track? i know for sure ghostbusters didn't use them. you can tell. along with no video remaster and it makes wonder what the hell are these studios using bluray for.

[JBL4645]

Originally Posted by saprano

Go JBL go!

To the OP, both will give you excellent audio. though i prefer dts.

I knew you’d say that LOL

Don’t want to talk about the sound politics LOL

I was just at ASDA doing the morning shopping a few Bluray selection was on offer I don’t mean (price offer) just on offer. I couldn’t be asked to buy GIJoe Harry Plotter, I lost count of the other titles not many.

I’ll pop down o Bournemouth now and see what HMV has got on the Bluray to exciting and seduce me into spending money LOL. I swear if I see anything I like I’m only two titles.

Well brought some new x-mas lights LED as my others just gave up the ghost, sodden lights.

I need a frigging haircut as well but sooner spend it on Bluray stuff the haircut its winter. LOL

[JBL4645]

Originally Posted by Blove23

Check out "Top Gun" or "The Final Countdown" then you decide!

Yes now The Final Countdown has neat 1979 Dolby stereo mix, unless they had the masters for it in vault and produced a new six-track mix doesn’t mean it will have split-surrounds as most had monaural surround.

But according to In-70mm there is no listing that a 70mm print was made.
http://www.in70mm.com/library/process/dolby/index.htm

Still I’d buy it, I like low end on the DVD Dolby stereo, some neat door effects opening and closing both on and off screen and sounds of F-14 tomcats thundering around as well the smoothness of the jets front to back.

I guess the master will be same as the region 1 DVD that never came about in the UK, only Dolby stereo mix no extras, nothing.

If there is just one more film that has the word final, that would be Final Approach (1991) the one with the SR-71 blackbird.

The worlds all first digital 6 channel (CDS) Cinema Digital Sound that came and went so fast because it didn’t have (analogue back-up track) for cinemas that didn’t have CDS.

This is where Dolby succeed with SR-D, poor ole Kodak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Digital_Sound
http://www.in70mm.com/library/process/cds/index.htm

There was only few handful of (CDS) 35mm prints ever made. It was also produced in Dolby stereo SR and 70mm six-track Dolby SR. There only best version is on laserdisc widescreen 2.35:1. I’ve rented the VHS PAL many times.

The story is mind buster and the aerial photography was nicely but together from achieve material and thundering afterburner that had my JBL sub up at 126dbc. That’s the loudest I’ve ever pushed it! Shatters my ears!

I think this forum should get a campaign going to get this film released its so under looked and its been 16 years DVD came around mid 90’s.

[dewd]

Originally Posted by 989547

Is it better to hear audio on a BluRay in Dolby TrueHD or dtsHD Master?

Yes.

[ryan4blu]

I actually prefer dts ma over the others

[enigmascv]

They both sound great but don't forget uncompressed PCM.

[989547]

Thanks for all the replies, I give DTS a try.

[JimShaw]

Originally Posted by 989547

Is it better to hear audio on a BluRay in Dolby TrueHD or dtsHD Master?

If possible, find a Blu that has both formats on it and try both and you decide.

I have a Blu that has both TrueHD 5.1 and PCM 5.1 and I go back and forth trying to decide. For me, I feel the PCM was a little better but so close as to not really be able to make a definitive decision.

[PurpleJesus74]

I've always preferred DTS,even back with dvd's,just thought it was louder which i like.I like seeing the DTS-MA pop up on the receiver,but True HD is also a good choice.