I sent an email to Proceed today regarding support of the new DTS modes that the new Denon receivers have. Todd Sutherland from Madrigal replied to my questions - in fact within about 20 minutes of when I sent the email.
>I'm 1 software revision from current (I don't
>need the PHAST features added in the current
>release), which gives me DTS Music, DTS Film,
>and DTS Film/THX modes. When I play anything
>with DTS encoding, the AVP always defaults to
>DTS Music mode. Given that 95% of my use is
>for movies, is there any way to default to DTS
>Film mode rather than having to toggle to it?
[Todd Sutherland] I'm afraid there isn't. We had
to choose one mode for default, as the DTS
bitstream doesn't put out specific identification
tags like Dolby Digital does.
>What is the status of support for 24 bit / 96
>kHz sources?
[Todd Sutherland] Still on the table. Please stay tuned.
>Will support be added for THX-EX, DTS-ES (both >Discrete 6.1 and Matrix 6.1), and DTS Neo:6? If
>so, when can these features be expected (I'm not
>expecting exact dates, but something along the
>lines of "within the next 6 months")?
[Todd Sutherland] Yes, our plans for the release are within the next six months.
>A while back, I had requested specific display
>mode functions available through IR and/or
>serial commands. The response that I received
>was:
[Todd Sutherland] We haven't made any ground on this, as we've had our hands more than full with the PMDT software and 24/96k. maybe down the road a bit.
Happy Holidays!
Geoffrey Reynolds
>I'm 1 software revision from current (I don't
>need the PHAST features added in the current
>release), which gives me DTS Music, DTS Film,
>and DTS Film/THX modes. When I play anything
>with DTS encoding, the AVP always defaults to
>DTS Music mode. Given that 95% of my use is
>for movies, is there any way to default to DTS
>Film mode rather than having to toggle to it?
[Todd Sutherland] I'm afraid there isn't. We had
to choose one mode for default, as the DTS
bitstream doesn't put out specific identification
tags like Dolby Digital does.
>What is the status of support for 24 bit / 96
>kHz sources?
[Todd Sutherland] Still on the table. Please stay tuned.
>Will support be added for THX-EX, DTS-ES (both >Discrete 6.1 and Matrix 6.1), and DTS Neo:6? If
>so, when can these features be expected (I'm not
>expecting exact dates, but something along the
>lines of "within the next 6 months")?
[Todd Sutherland] Yes, our plans for the release are within the next six months.
>A while back, I had requested specific display
>mode functions available through IR and/or
>serial commands. The response that I received
>was:
[Todd Sutherland] We haven't made any ground on this, as we've had our hands more than full with the PMDT software and 24/96k. maybe down the road a bit.
Happy Holidays!
Geoffrey Reynolds
