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When you use the "Point of View" feature of your DVD player and switch between "Stage" and "Audience" you are switching between DTS and DD on the DVD-V side of these DVD's, The DTS being Stage and the DD as audience.

You really sense the difference between the two modes and feel the music in front of you (DD) or you as part of the band (DTS). There is definitely more rear channel information in the DTS mode, although this may have been mixed this way on purpose.

I personally found DTS to be a more enjoyable movie watching format. It seems to me that it not necessarily the format itself, but the extra effort that went into creating a DTS version of the DVD. Kind of like, DD is the standard and when you what to "kick it up a notch" the studio will do their magic and call it DTS.

The DVD-Video and DVD-A (Flipper) DVD's from AIXRecords will not settle the DTS vs. DD argument, but they do point out that a studio can do quite a bit with either format.



[This message has been edited by MeanGene (edited June 07, 2003).]