Home Theater Term of the Week- DTS-ES

DTS-ES refers to two 6.1 channel surround encoding/decoding systems, DTS-ES Matrix and DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete.

DTS-ES Matrix can create a center rear channel from existing DTS 5.1 encoded material, while DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete requires that the software being played already has a DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete soundtrack.

DTS-ES and DTS-ES 6.1 Discrete formats are backwards compatible with 5.1 channel DTS Receivers and DTS encoded DVDs.

For addtitional information on surround sound and its relation to home theater, check out my reference article: History and Basics of Surround Sound.

For additional terms and definitions, check out my Home Theater Glossary