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VR2090 vs. TXDS656 vs. AVR65 Posted by SMR [WizOp] [IP: 194.128.83.228] on October 28, 1998 at 01:26:43: In Reply to: VR2090 vs. TXDS656 vs. AVR65 posted by Joe on October 27, 1998 at 21:31:15: Joe, : The CDs I have heard so far in DTS have really impressed me -- particularly Steely Dan's "Gaucho" -- hope to see more artists take advantage of this format soon, but time will tell... There's no doubting that 5.1 music done well is pretty impressive, the Eagles 'Hell Freezes Over' is another excellent DTS disc. However… when DVD audio is introduced it will also deliver 5.1 audio, using loss-less compression and 96kHz 24-bit rather than a lossy compression scheme like DTS. There is also the issue of licensing. DTS have very few artists signed up for 5.1 audio. Their DVD-Audio competition on the other hand have artists coming out of their ears. Dolby, who co-license MPL have been signing labels up for years ahead of the new format and of course Sony already have a huge catalogue at their disposal. So, this looks grim for DTS. But 5.1 music will survive and flourish in these other formats, formats which should quickly become widespread and have a large catalogue of software. : But maybe all the people that get shiny new DTS capable receivers and DVD players for Christmas will create enough of a demand to get this thing going? Unfortunately DTS doesn't work that way. It's likely that all those people who get DTS equipment this Christmas will be just as disappointed as those last year who were promised software… in January at the CES. Then sometime in February. Then in March, September, November…. Fingers crossed on behalf of DTS fans for the holiday season!
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