Does playing a movie in DTS audio lower the picture quality?

Question

also how important is the quality of speaker wire? I own a lower end HTIB and I'm running the correct gauge of wire but I saw that there were higher qualities available though i did purchase one of the better ones.

Answer 1

Picture quality is unaffected. Speaker wire is pretty important. There are many debates on the different types of wires some can be VERY expensive. Try to get a semi-cheap 14 guage wire and see if it sounds different than what you have. It should.

It also depends on how much speaker wire you need between your speakers and the receiver. Longer runs = higher quality (higher gauge) speaker wire.

Answer 2

No, playing a movie encoded in DTS will not lower your picture quality. The soundtrack bitsteams are encoded separately from the video portions. DTS will give you better sound quality if your system has the resolution.

Will better quality speaker cables make a difference...in your system, probably not. If you get into an ultra high resolution system with speakers in the $5000 plus range, you may be able to tell a difference but as long as the wires are properly spec'd fo the distances you are running them at, there likely will be no audible difference. There are differences in analog interconnects, digital interconnects and video interconnects but again...you need a system with high resolution to be able to tell.

Answer 3

Once the DTS audio is encoded onto the DVD, the picture quality is fixed and it doesn't matter what audio format you select. However, in making a DVD, the producer has the option of improving picture quality by limiting audio options (as well as extras), putting more "bits" into the picture rather that those features. That is the idea behind the "superbit" DVDs.

Answer 4

no it does not. DTS audio is strictly the sound, not video