Why do most New Releases use DTS-HD audio rather than Dolby TrueHD?

[42041]

Don't know, don't care, as long as the same sequence of 1s and 0s is coming out of my PS3 it doesn't affect my life.

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by 42041

Don't know, don't care, as long as the same sequence of 1s and 0s is coming out of my PS3 it doesn't affect my life.

Well I don't have a particular preference, but what worries me is that they might stop putting Dolby TrueHD decoders on BD players and receivers since all studios stopped using that codec. So, that means we will have to re-buy some titles such as The Dark Knight and Transformers. Not good!

[jpthomas27]

Originally Posted by slimdude

PCM 5.1 (uncompressed) sounds just as good DTS-HD 5.1 MA, if not equal.

Directly for the department of redundancy department

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Exactly. There is no audible difference between Linear PCM, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD Master Audio. Also, some of you need to remember that higher volume does not mean better sound, which tends to happen with DTS-HD MA tracks and then the sound is too low for dialogue.

There are thousands, if not 10's or 100's of thousands that will disagree with you. Since DTS soundtracks hit DVD this has been debated. It's been agreed that theoretically there should be no audible difference. But the truth is I (along with just about everyone else) do hear a difference and have on multiple formats.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

Directly for the department of redundancy department


There are thousands, if not 10's or 100's of thousands that will disagree with you. Since DTS soundtracks hit DVD this has been debated. It's been agreed that theoretically there should be no audible difference. But the truth is I (along with just about everyone else) do hear a difference and have on multiple formats.

There used to be millions of people that believed the Earth was flat. There is also several thousand people that believe NASA never went to the moon. As I said earlier, increased volume does not mean there is any difference.

[42041]

Even when comparing identical tracks encoded in these formats (which is more than most people here are doing, I assume) I think subjective audio quality comparisons of this sort are absolutely worthless. Placebo effect is strong with human hearing.

[KubrickFan]

Originally Posted by 42041

Even when comparing identical tracks encoded in these formats (which is more than most people here are doing, I assume) I think subjective audio quality comparisons of this sort are absolutely worthless. Placebo effect is strong with human hearing.

Exactly. People comparing mixes from different movies aren't even comparing the two formats. If that's justified, then I'd like to argue that Dolby TrueHD is better, since The Dark Knight has a more aggressive soundtrack than The Nightmare Before Christmas, which has a DTS-HD track.

[jonant]

Nightmare before Christmas has a Dolby true HD track, not a dts HD track.