When playback them on your media player, it can also achieve the 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. Meanwhile, AC-3 and DTS audio format can also be converted and stored into video files like MPEG and AVI. Dolby states their aim as resolving the differences reported by listeners when comparing Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks of the same source - for example a DVD with both Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks. It is a direct competitor to Dolby Labs but was founded later on in 1993 after Dolby had been in the industry for some years.
When you play and watch DVD movie through the home theater system, this multi-dimensional audio effect will make you immersive feel the fantastic of DVD movie. DTS stands for Digital Theater Systems and was the name used before it was changed to its abbreviation, DTS.
A data compression method developed by Digital Theater Systems that takes six channels of audio (5.1) and folds them into a single digital bitstream.