Is Dolby TrueHD compatible with regular Dolby 5.1?

[Russell_L]

Originally Posted by reece

So what you're saying is that older recievers can still take advantage of DTS-MA, even without proper decoding? This would make sense seeing as some DTS-MA tracks (such as Wall-e) sound amazing on my older reciever, but I never really notice a difference with the DolbytruHD tracks...

Well, not really. The receiver is reading the "core" track of DTS-MA, which means that it's decoding (and you're hearing) plain ol' DTS (without the extra resolution of the "MA" part).

[aramis109]

Originally Posted by Russell_L

Well, not really. The receiver is reading the "core" track of DTS-MA, which means that it's decoding (and you're hearing) plain ol' DTS (without the extra resolution of the "MA" part).

"Plain old DTS" ... well, sort of. It's still a higher-bitrate DTS (1.5mbps) than what's on DVD.

[reece]

Originally Posted by aramis109

"Plain old DTS" ... well, sort of. It's still a higher-bitrate DTS (1.5mbps) than what's on DVD.

ok so it is slightly better then. thats good to know. I'll tell you...if the goal with high def audio was to confuse people...it certainly worked on me

[BIslander]

Originally Posted by reece

So what you're saying is that older recievers can still take advantage of DTS-MA, even without proper decoding? This would make sense seeing as some DTS-MA tracks (such as Wall-e) sound amazing on my older reciever, but I never really notice a difference with the DolbytruHD tracks...

Originally Posted by reece

ok so it is slightly better then. thats good to know. I'll tell you...if the goal with high def audio was to confuse people...it certainly worked on me

There are those who say these higher bitrate versions of DTS and DD 5.1 on Blu-ray sound just as good as lossless much of the time. There are lots of variables that affect audio quality and I think you really need to try them out yourself on your equipment, in your room.