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Anybody notice DTS is hardly used anymore?

I went to look for a movie tonight and could not find one DTS soundrack among all the new releases that I wanted to see. Blu Ray is even worse. I was told that DTS Master Audio is only used for about 20% of the titles coming out.

It's never easy being an audiophile, but between the rejection of SACD and now DTS, things have never seemed this bad!
autosports
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kr4
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I have no date but is there a reason to prefer dtsHD MA over Dolby TruHD? Both lossless.

Kal
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theo
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I don't know why they don't use it. I always see it listed in the end credits but they don't use it on the disc. It is the best in my opinion, so it must be a cost issue. Kinda like all DVD players and Sat recievers use TosLink and I prefer coax. Bummed
autosports OP
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I think it's a cost issue mainly, plus on the blu ray discs, it takes up a lot of space. Can we catch a freakin break?
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I'm with you Kal, both DTS HD MA and Dolby TrueHD are lossless. In theory DTS HD MA has more bandwidth, but I don't know if it will prove to be better, and my experience, it depends more n the Blu-ray or HD DVD than the codec.
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