In the world of home theater sound formats, there are two companies that have been covering practically the entire market for several decades: Dolby and DTS, each with its different variants and multichannel and object-based audio systems.
However, until now DTS seemed to have been relegated to the background in the smart TV sector, being only implemented in high-end equipment and high price, being the rest of users forced to buy a separate device to access their sound tracks.
This situation seems to be about to change, as DTS, part of the Xperi Holding Corporation, has announced a agreement with Turkish electronics manufacturer Vestel to carry the certification DTS: X and its variants more basic to mid-range and even low-end televisions.
Vestel may not sound familiar to us at first, but it is one of the largest electronics manufacturers in the world, responsible for producing OEM smart TV models in entry ranges for brands such as Finlux, Toshiba, Hitachi, Polaroid, JVC, Bush or Alba, so this agreement would open a new range of options when acquiring a television with DTS sound without spending a fortune.
According to the announcement, DTS: X would come to televisions with one and two-core SoC, being compatible with the most basic versions of the standard as DTS Digital compressed, but also with lossless hi-fi formats like DTS-HD Master Audio present on many Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray.
The televisions will be able to play DTS tracks from sources HDMI (for example from a Blu-ray player, console, PC, etc.), from files stored on USB sticks using the media players built into the TVs, but also from streaming services, currently focused almost all on Dolby.
In addition, the agreement contemplates that the TVs manufactured by Vestel are capable of get the sound out without altering up to external sound systems like AV receivers and sound bars using the digital optical ports and connectors HDMI ARC and eARC.
When will the new DTS-compatible TVs arrive? Then they have not clarified, although presumably we have to wait for the next season 2022 to see how this sound system conquers the mid-ranges.
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