

There is also DTS:X, which competes with Dolby's Atmos. DTS has also brought out a lossless format, DTS-HD Master Audio. Like Dolby Digital, DTS has since released a plethora of more advanced surround sound formats including DTS-HD High Resolution, which supports up to 7.1 speaker channels. The company might not be as well known as its main rival, but many purists believe that DTS offers better sound quality because it encodes audio at higher bit-rates. In 1996, DTS began cropping up in consumer hardware. The company got its big break when Steven Spielberg chose DTS for his dino-romp, Jurassic Park. What is DTS?ĭTS (originally Digital Theater Systems) was founded in 1993 to compete with Dolby Labs for surround sound supremacy. Then there's the object-based audio system you'll no doubt have heard of – Dolby Atmos.
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Want the best? Dolby TrueHD is a lossless format that promises to be identical to the movie studio's master recording. Since then, Dolby has released a slew of increasingly advanced codecs, including Dolby Digital Plus, which supports HD surround sound and up to 7.1 speaker channels. The first film to use Dolby Digital was Batman Returns in 1992.

It delivers a cinematic surround sound experience and is commonly referred to as the 'industry standard' (primarily because Dolby Labs has been around longer than DTS). Denon AVR-X3500H (Image credit: Denon) What is Dolby Digital?ĭolby Digital is a multi-channel audio codec by Dolby Labs.
