What Does DTS Mean in Home Theater Audio?

DTS is an important part of the home theater listening experience

Home theater is full of monikers and acronyms.

When it comes tosurround sound, things can get confusing.

DTS is one of the most recognizable acronyms inhome theateraudio.

DTS is both a company name and a label used to identify a group of surround sound audio technologies.

What Is DTS?

DTS, Inc. started life as Digital Theater Systems.

Eventually, the company officially shortened its name to the acronym DTS.

Both formats migrated to DVD when it became available.

DTS uses less compression in the encoding process than its Dolby competitor.

As a result, when decoded, DTS provides a better listening experience, according to some listeners.

DTS Digital Surround is encoded with a 48kHz sampling rateat 24bits.

It supports a transfer rate of up to 1.5Mbps.

DTS-encoded CDs can be played on compatible CD players.

DTS is also used as an available audio playback option on select DVD-Audio discs.

These discs can only be played on compatible DVD or Blu-ray Disc players.

Check for the DTS logo on the DVD packaging or disc label.

Additional surround sound formats within the DTS family also applied to DVD includeDTS 96/24,DTS-ES, andDTS Neo:6.

Another variation of DTS isDTS Virtual:X. DTS also supportssurround sound for headphone listeningusing its DTS Headphone:X format.

In addition to its surround sound formats, Play-Fi is another DTS-branded entertainment technology.

DTS Play-Fiis a wireless multi-room audio platform.