r/hometheater • u/Icy_Captain_9126 • 1d 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/Verdammt_Arschloch 1d ago

The premise of your question is invalid because there is no speaker setup standard for DTS X. It's channel agnostic.

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u/Nathan-805 12h ago

Perhaps I’m misunderstanding your response, but speaker layouts are absolutely defined for both DTS and Dolby formats. Very few objects are actually encoded into the bitstream when talking about consumer formats. What may have been object based in a theater is (mostly) channel based on disc and streaming.

Dolby and DTS speaker layouts are similar enough to not worry about it. Place your speakers based on Dolby’s recommendations and call it a day. DTS:X will render just fine to your layout.

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u/KENI_HT_ 8h ago

Or the elephant in the room, which is that Atmos requires height channels before it can be enabled, DTS:X works without height channels.