what is the difference between dolby prologic and dts

ECGnovice
ECGnovice Posts: 31
edited July 2010 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Hi All:

I new new to the whole home theater thing. Due to limitations, at least for now my home theater setup consists of two front speakers (in-wall), a center channel and subwoofer. I have an onyko tsxr 608 receiver.
Can anybody tell me what is the difference between dolby prologic and DTS. Those seem to be the only modes I have when watching a movie.

With the receiver there are different listening mode choices such as plII, plIIx, mono, theater dimensional, neo 6 cinema DTS.

This is so confusing. Please help!
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  • dvran
    dvran Posts: 280
    edited July 2010
    Read the Onkyo manual! :)
    ~Dan

    Projector: Epson 705HD on 106" DaLite
    TV: Samsung 50" Plasma PN50B550
    Receiver: Onkyo 607
    Fronts: Polk 1000i
    Center: Polk Csi40
    Rears: Polk Fxi30
    Sub: Velodyne Minivee 10
    PS3 and Xbox
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited July 2010
    prologic takes 2 channels and tries to make it into a 5 channel sound.

    Dolby digital or DTS and above actually have 5 or more discrete channels of sound.

    How do you have your DVD or Blu-Ray player connected to your stereo? If you do not have it connected with a digital connection (optical, coax or HDMi) or at least 6 analog wires you will not have DD or DTS available to you.

    Good Luck,

    Michael
    Mains.............Polk LSi15 (Cherry)
    Center............Polk LSiC (Crossover upgraded)
    Surrounds.......Polk LSi7 (Gloss Black - wood sides removed and crossovers upgraded)
    Subwoofers.....SVS 25-31 CS+ and PC+ (both 20hz tune)
    Pre\Pro...........NAD T163 (Modded with LM4562 opamps)
    Amplifier.........Cinepro 3k6 (6-channel, 500wpc@4ohms)
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  • audiobilly
    audiobilly Posts: 351
    edited July 2010
    Have been able to find any reading material about surround sound formats, and how they are played back in the home?
    ECGnovice wrote: »
    Hi All:

    I new new to the whole home theater thing.

    Can anybody tell me what is the difference between dolby prologic and DTS.

    This is so confusing. Please help!
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  • ECGnovice
    ECGnovice Posts: 31
    edited July 2010
    Thank you for providing a nutshell answer. My bluray has an optical connection to my receiver so I can get DTS. The receiver reads "DTS" when watching blurayrays thru the bluray player. My digital DVR cable box allows me to get Dolby Digital when I switch the audio setting in the cablebox menu to "Dolby Digital" from HDMI. Otherwise, thru the cable box, I get Prologic II.
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