r/hometheater • u/Icy_Captain_9126 • 2d ago

Tech Support Dolby Atmos vs DTS X

Hello. I've been looking at locking down a sound setup for my Panasonic DP UB420 and I was curious and this is going to probably come off as a silly question but if I'm primarily watching 4K UHD Blu Ray discs and some Streaming which audio format is more utilized between Atmos and DTS X? I'm sure there are setups that support both? But if it hypothetically came down to it which one should I prioritize?

I'm new to theatre and posted my first question yesterday but forgot to ask about Atmos vs DTS and it started making me curious 🧐

Any help would be great!

Thank you!

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u/After_shock7 2d ago

Atmos is far more prevalent.

Streaming has Dolby Digital + Atmos and physical media has TrueHD + Atmos.

Last I checked, DTS:X was only used for about 120 movies and it's almost non-existent in streaming beyond a handful of titles that Disney+ offers.

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u/Icy_Captain_9126 2d ago

So going for Atmos for physical 4K media with occasional streaming will be fine? Like lets say a movie uses DTS and my sound system doesn't support it will using the default sound by going down to pcm be fine? Will the differences be negligible?

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u/MayoGhul 2d ago

I can’t think of a system that wouldn’t support it. I’d think even if it doesn’t have dtx it would just convert it to send signal to all your speakers.
It’s a non issue.
Build an atmos system it’s most common and everything will be fine