On the umpteenth day man created home theater surround sound and it was good. Many years later MrDetermination bought an amplifier with DTS and DD and it just so happened that his DVD player could ...

Buying home cinema audio hardware is tricky at the best of times. Jump over to our best surround sound packages guide and that’s clear, as even at the top end of the market there are massive ...

I first heard of Dolby Digital Live (DDL) back when nVidia motherboards featured their Soundstorm. I thought this was a neat feature. The Yamaha speakers I had (5.1) had a receiver that would decode ...

You actually know what some of the crazy doodles on the side of an HDTV means when it comes to video-720p, 1080i, 1080p. Congrats, you’re ahead of most people, like my mother. But do you understand ...

Audio formats deliver different sound experiences depending on the source material and your setup. Dolby and Digital Theater ...

Have you ever ventured deep into the audio settings on your PlayStation 3? Unless you have a working knowledge of audio encoding formats, it might as well be written in a foreign language. While the ...

With HD DVD and Blu-ray also came the ultimate audio options in a time when convenience trumps quality in most of the audio world. While SACD and DVD-Audio are all but a bust, audiophiles can turn to ...

A mode on DVD/Blu-ray players that outputs Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound "bitstreams" from the disc without decoding them. The decoding is performed in the A/V receiver or audio processor. Also ...

Dolby Atmos is the most immersive version of surround sound you can get at home. Though it took some time to catch on, the format is now everywhere, from movie theaters to Ultra HD Blu-ray discs, as ...