Do You Need a DTS-output To Play Blu-rays? - Blu-ray Forum

ethanrom · 04-24-2007, 08:56 PM

Do you have to have a reciever that has DTS in-order to play Blu-ray movies? or listen to them. Because Blu-rays only have DTS tracks.

Filterlab · 04-24-2007, 09:53 PM

No.

Blu-ray outputs all sorts of audio data; Dolby Digital, PCM, Bitstream, standard stereo etc etc depending on your disc.

If you had to have a DTS processor then it wouldn't work with most (if not all) televisions.

Deciazulado · 04-24-2007, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ethanrom

Do you have to have a reciever that has DTS in-order to play Blu-ray movies? or listen to them. Because Blu-rays only have DTS tracks.

No. Your BD player will decode some form of DTS into analog audio so you can listed to the DTS track if you don't have a DTS decoding receiver.

And Blu-rays not ONLY have DTS tracks.
Many have uncompressed high resolution multichanel 48kHz/16bit and 48kHz/24bit LPCM tracks (Like 2 channel CD which is 44.1kHz/16bit), and higher than DVD 5.1 640kb/s Dolby Digital tracks (DVD is 448 kb/s) whle others have DTS 5.1, DTS 6.1 ES and lossless DTS HD MA and a couple have Dolby True HD with Dolby Digital core.

ethanrom · 04-24-2007, 10:47 PM

Ok, but when a tried to play a DTS track off a DVD it wouldn't let me, then I went out and bought a DTS-decoding reciever and I was able to listen to the DTS track. However my HDTV is hooked up to a reciever that cannot decode DTS and I know because I looked on the back of my Blu-ray movies that all of the tracks are DTS so thats why I asked this question.

theknub · 04-24-2007, 10:49 PM

what movies?
you can always set the player to pcm audio and let the player do the decoding.

GasCat · 04-24-2007, 11:01 PM

What was the receiver? How was it hooked up to the player? Can you hear the track through your TV set?

ethanrom · 04-24-2007, 11:05 PM

All I know is before I got my DTS decoding reciever and I clicked on DTS it would never play the track. Dolby Digital always worked though.

Ascended_Saiyan · 04-25-2007, 01:24 AM

We really need to know what BD player you have and the make model of your receiver. It would be nice to know exactly how you have those devices interconnected. That would help eliminate a lot of guess work.

ethanrom · 04-25-2007, 01:38 AM

Sure thing, thanks for the help. I'll try switching it to PCM or DD first.

04-24-2007, 08:56 PM	#1
ethanrom Member Member since:Apr 2007	Do You Need a DTS-output To Play Blu-rays? Do you have to have a reciever that has DTS in-order to play Blu-ray movies? or listen to them. Because Blu-rays only have DTS tracks.

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04-24-2007, 09:53 PM	#2
Filterlab Senior Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:East Molesey, Surrey, UK	No. Blu-ray outputs all sorts of audio data; Dolby Digital, PCM, Bitstream, standard stereo etc etc depending on your disc. If you had to have a DTS processor then it wouldn't work with most (if not all) televisions.

04-24-2007, 10:47 PM	#4
ethanrom Member Member since:Apr 2007	Ok, but when a tried to play a DTS track off a DVD it wouldn't let me, then I went out and bought a DTS-decoding reciever and I was able to listen to the DTS track. However my HDTV is hooked up to a reciever that cannot decode DTS and I know because I looked on the back of my Blu-ray movies that all of the tracks are DTS so thats why I asked this question.

04-24-2007, 10:49 PM	#5
theknub Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2006	what movies? you can always set the player to pcm audio and let the player do the decoding.

04-24-2007, 11:01 PM	#6
GasCat Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	What was the receiver? How was it hooked up to the player? Can you hear the track through your TV set?

04-24-2007, 11:05 PM	#7
ethanrom Member Member since:Apr 2007	All I know is before I got my DTS decoding reciever and I clicked on DTS it would never play the track. Dolby Digital always worked though.

04-25-2007, 01:24 AM	#8
Ascended_Saiyan Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Atlanta, Georgia Blu-ray collection:608 Trading Score:1	We really need to know what BD player you have and the make model of your receiver. It would be nice to know exactly how you have those devices interconnected. That would help eliminate a lot of guess work.

04-25-2007, 01:38 AM	#9
ethanrom Member Member since:Apr 2007	Sure thing, thanks for the help. I'll try switching it to PCM or DD first.

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