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[SaS]hornet

10-31-05, 07:34 AM

does anyone know of any dts/5.1 sound demos?

murdok5

10-31-05, 05:37 PM

retail stores like bestbuy have discs there for demo purposes...havent been able to find one though. i want one too

DohDoh

11-01-05, 04:15 AM

I love DTS! It leaves Dolby in the dust.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/DohDoh/Smiley%20Pics/WootRock.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/DohDoh/Smiley%20Pics/DTSSurround.jpg

What kind of demo are you looking for? Music? Movies?

rseven

11-01-05, 10:56 AM

I got one with my DTS receiver and it's pretty unbelievable. From what I gather folks are selling them these days. If you Google DTS sound demo you will see several listings.

[SaS]hornet

11-01-05, 02:30 PM

I love DTS! It leaves Dolby in the dust.
What kind of demo are you looking for? Music? Movies?

not sure. i was watching T3 the other day, and i loaded the disc up differently on my DVD system and it came up with a really old DTS "available in this theatre" video thing, but the sound was unbelievable. i install AV equipment in the UK so love anything to do with it, but i cant find anything :cry: :cry: ill try the google search thing. i could also try rippin the dts bit off the disc, but copyright and all..........

MY TV (http://www.panasonic.co.uk/widescreen-tv/tx32pd50c/index.htm)

a DVD system similar to mine(not the best i know) (http://www.panasonic.co.uk/home-cinema-systems/scht880/index.htm)

EDIT: found a disc on ebay. but its £4.99. not sure if i should get it for what could be a cheap copy.

murdok5

11-01-05, 02:36 PM

rseven

11-01-05, 02:45 PM

i ahve yamaha 5660 reciever, with 6 JBL speakers, and a Klipsche 450watt sub. AND WOW!!!!

i swear my living room sounds better than the theaters!!! DTS is truly amazing...most noticeably for me is the bass, sounds wayyy deeping with DTS
I have an all Klipsch system and you are correct it is better than the theaters by far. I'd have to go to a few theaters in NYC to hear better. It's a good thing this house is sturdy or I swear I'd split a wall! :eek:

murdok5

11-01-05, 02:52 PM

i live in an apt near school, and i have yet to have a neighbor that liked me :(

plus my JBL E100 fronts have 2 10" subs each....so u can hear it from a block away...

and yeah.....there have been cops knocking on my door, that well, i didnt hear so i didnt answer :)

12am

11-01-05, 11:45 PM

murdok5

11-02-05, 12:24 AM

yeah LOTR with ES DSCT 6.1......

when i show ppl what a rear center channel does......i think some ppl wet themselves...

DohDoh

11-02-05, 06:50 AM

I have a rather large dts DVD collection. If you are looking for showpiece dvd's to show the advantages of dts over dolby digital here are a few:

Blade 2
Behind Enemy Lines
Daylight
Final Destination 2
I Robot
Lord of the rings (fellowship/two towers/return of the king) Extended edition
Saw
Starship Troopers (Superbit)
The Day After Tomarrow
xXx (Superbit)
Ultimate X

How dare you not have Saving Private Ryan? Or even the movie that introduced DTS 12 years ago...Jurassic Park? :D

Beware of buying "DTS" DVD on E-bay. It's full of phonies that like to mention the movie has a DTS soundtrack in which it doesn't (rare on some imports). Case in point, Star Wars. For this movie you will usually see it has "DTS 5.1" blah blah, only from Malaysia, riiight. No such thing, never an official DTS release so why must people lie....: temper:

You can go on E-Bay and look for official DTS Demonstration discs as they are numbered (#1, #2, #3+, etc.). Each demonstration disc include different material like music videos ex: Eagles Hotel California and movie clips like The Haunting, Saving Private Ryan and so on.

DTS owns Dolby. :burn:

[SaS]hornet

11-02-05, 02:53 PM

jurassic park was dolby surround sound. not dts or even 5.1, remember the old one with mono rear speaker(not good not, but so cooooool back then). mind u, i may be wrong. my dvd of saving private ryan isnt dts either, its dolby digital.

rseven

11-02-05, 02:57 PM

There were dolby and DTS versions of those movies.

noxqzs

11-02-05, 04:23 PM

I would like to add Gladiator into the mix. That movie sounds real good also on DTS. First time I cranked that and Saving Private Ryan on the AVR5700, it was like an earthqauke.

Avatar28

11-02-05, 05:17 PM

hornet']jurassic park was dolby surround sound. not dts or even 5.1, remember the old one with mono rear speaker(not good not, but so cooooool back then). mind u, i may be wrong. my dvd of saving private ryan isnt dts either, its dolby digital.

Yes it was. Jurassic Park was the first movie to come out in theaters with a DTS 5.1 soundtrack. Also the DVD was also released in both DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1. I think I've got the DD version and I can't really say I'm impressed with it. If I could find it cheap, I might try the DTS version sometime to see if it's any better.

David

11-02-05, 05:56 PM

This belongs in Sound Systems.

Bensa

11-02-05, 07:14 PM

Rarity of disks might have to do with that DTS is quite a closed format in the sense that theaters with DTS equipment (the DTS test site is close to here) need to get specialist technicians to come and work with the box that reads the audiotrack. I also assume that this has to do with the fact that DTS receivers tend to be a bit pricier.

Avatar28

11-14-05, 04:55 AM

Considering that most any HT receiver you buy these days supports both formats, I'm not sure that's really so much of an issue anymore. I think it's more just that Dolby is A) more well known and B) there's simply not as much demand for the discs with DTS. I think most would rather spend the space on more special features and improved video quality. That's probably one of the reasons why you only see DTS on two discs sets in many cases.