Paramount to Include DTS:X Audio in Select Home Entertainment Releases

19 Jul, 2016 By: John Latchem

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Paramount Home Media Distribution will release a collection of home entertainment titles with a DTS:X soundtrack. Paramount’s first titles released on Blu-ray with DTS:X audio will be Daddy’s Home, The Big Short, Zoolander No. 2 and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.

DTS:X technology adapts to the speaker layout to best fit the individual consumer space by seamlessly transporting sound to and through specific locations within the viewing environment — in front of, behind, above and beside the audience. An AVR or sound bar with DTS:X technology is required for the full immersive audio experience.

Denon, Marantz, Sony, Trinnov and Yamaha have delivered DTS:X to many of their AVR models via firmware updates. Throughout the year, several brands, including Acurus, Anthem, ARCAM, Integra, Krell, McIntosh, Onkyo, Outlaw Audio, Pioneer, Steinway Lyngdorf and Theta Digital/ATI will release DTS:X firmware updates to their AVRs. Additionally, Yamaha will deliver a firmware update to its YSP-5600 sound bar this summer.

For Daddy’s Home, The Big Short, Zoolander No. 2 and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, as well as additional select titles available with DTS:X audio, Paramount and DTS will also make a DTS Headphone:X track available via participating digital retailers.

“Working with DTS, a leading contributor in sound innovation, allows us to deliver a great consumer experience with audio technology that enables the immersive audio our feature content deserves,” said Edward Hoxsie, SVP of worldwide product production and fulfillment for Paramount Pictures.

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