DOLBY SYSTEMS Vs DTS 6

Technical Seminar Presentation 2004

“DOLBY Systems Vs DTS 6”

Under the guidance of :

Mr. R K Dash

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INTRODUCTION
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Three competing multi-channel digital audio formats :

• Dolby Digital.
• DTS Digital Sound.
• SDDS.

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HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
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DTS Digital Sound

• Developed by Terry Beard along with Jim Ketcham in mid-
1980s.
• Guided by two convictions :
• Digital sound was for all theatres.
• Easier, less expensive, more reliable, more flexible, and
higher in quality delivering of audio data.
Dolby Digital
• Creators: Dolby Laboratories in 1987.
• Used more flexible 'adaptive' coding system called AC-3.

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WORKING & TECHNICAL ASPECTS

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DTS Digital Sound

 Six digital audio channels.
 Recorded on to a CD-ROM along with time-code track.
 Miniature reader empowered by main electronic package
mounted on the projector.
 Code from reader is fed to the DTS processor.

Dolby Digital
 Three front channels and a surround-sound channel.

 Uses an advanced noise-reduction process.

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WORKING & TECHNICAL ASPECTS Contd.

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Simplified block diagram of a Dolby Stereo encoder

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WORKING & TECHNICAL ASPECTS Contd.

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Block diagram of Dolby Matrix decoder

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Dolby Digital Vs DTS: Which is Better?

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DTS Digital Sound

• Offers higher than CD-resolution audio within the Bandwidth.
• Soundtrack present on separate CD.
• Operates at a rate of 1536 kb/s.

Dolby Digital
• Reduces Bandwidth to reproduce multi channel audio.
• Places its digital soundtrack as optical marking.
• Depends on design of codec.

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CONCLUSION
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• The DTS tracks plays louder than Dolby Digital ones.

• Minor technical differences between both the systems.

• Major difference in cost.

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THANK YOU !

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