Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 and DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 DVD List

List updated May 11, 2010. DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND EX AND DTS-ES DVDs

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The following Region One DVDs contain Dolby Digital Surround EX, DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 or DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 compatible soundtracks. All DTS-ES and Dolby Digital Surround EX soundtracks are fully backward-compatible with standard 5.1-channel Dolby Digital and DTS decoders. Have I missed a disc?

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:: The Discs ::

Dolby Digital Surround EX | DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 | DTS-ES Discrete 6.1

102 Dalmatians

30 Days of Night
Alamo
Alone in the Dark
Art Of War, The

Artificial Intelligence: A.I.

Astronaut's Wife, The

Atlantis: Lost Empire, The

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Avenging Fist, The

Bad Taste

Bats

Beastmaster

Blade II

Blade Trinity

Bone Collector, The

Bones

Butterfly Effect, The

Can't Stop The Music

Cars

Cast Away

Caveman's Valentine, The

Chicken Run

Church, The

Claim, The

Contamination

Corpse Bride

Crash

Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The

Day of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead (1979)

Dead & Buried

Devil's Rejects, The

Die Another Day

Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

Domino

Dumb and Dumber Unrated
Dumb and Dumberer
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

Evil Dead, The

Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen

Fast Company

Fight Club

Final Countdown, The

Final Destination 2

Final Destination 3

Finding Nemo

Fire and Ice

Footloose

Freddy vs. Jason

Gamer

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

God Told Me To

Gladiator

Golden Compass, The

Hairspray

Happy Feet

Harry Potter And The Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban

Haunting, The

Highlander: CE

Highlander 2: The Quickening

Hills Have Eyes, The

Hollow Man

Hot Fuzz

House of the Dead

Howl's Moving Castle

Hulk

Incredibles, The

Jazz Singer, The (1980. Remix)

Jurassic Park III

Knockaround Guys

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Legend Of Bagger Vance, The

Long Past Dead

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The (Extended and CE)

Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King, The (Extended and CE)

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The (Extended and CE)

Lord of War

Man Who Fell to Earth, The

Maniac

Maniac Cop

Mask: SE, The

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc

Mexican, The

Minority Report

Mission To Mars

Monsters Inc.

Monsieur Ibrahim

Munich

My Brilliant Career

Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion

Ninja Scroll: 10th Anniversary Special Edition

On Golden Pond

Open Water

Opera

Osterman Weekend, The

Perfect Storm, The

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Peter Pan

Pitch Black

Punch Drunk Love: Superbit Deluxe

Punisher, The

Q: The Winged Serpent

'R Xmas

Rambo
Ring, The

Running Man, The

Running Scared (2006)

Rush Hour 2

Saw

Saw II

Say It Isn't So

Secondhand Lions: Platinum Series

See Spot Run

Seven: Platinum Series

Shaun of the Dead

Signs

S1mone

Sin City

Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow

Snakes on a Plane

Someone Like You

Spy Kids

Spooky House

Stage Fright

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star Trek: Generations

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Wars: A New Hope

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith

Star War Trilogy

Stargate: Ultimate Edition

Starstruck

Stir of Echoes: SE

Stunt Man, The

Suspiria

Terminator

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Extreme Edition

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Ultimate Edition

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)

Time Bandits

Titanic Special Edition

Top Gun: Special Collectors Edition

Toy Story 10th Anniversary SE

Toy Story 2: SE

Treasure Planet

Transporter, The

Toy Story SE

Two Evil Eyes

Unbreakable

Untouchables, The

Upside of Anger, The

Venom

Vigilante

Village, The

Watcher in the Woods, The

We Were Soldiers

Willard

Winged Migration

World Is Not Enough, The

X-Men: The Last Stand

102 Dalmations

Alone in the Dark

Artificial Intelligence: A.I.

Atlantis: The Lost Empire CE

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Avenging Fist, The

Bad Taste

Beastmaster

Blade 2

Blade Trinity

Bone Collector, The

Bones

Butterfly Effect, The

Can't Stop The Music

Cast Away

Chicken Run

Contamination

Crash

Dawn of the Dead (1979)

Day of the Dead

Dead & Buried

Devil's Rejects, The

Die Another Day

Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition

Domino

Dumb and Dumber Unrated

E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (2-disc only)

Evil Dead, The

Fast Company

Final Countdown, The

Final Destination 2

Final Destination 3

Fire and Ice

God Told Me To

Golden Compass, The

Gladiator (2-disc only)

Haunting, The

Highlander

Highlander 2: The Quickening

Hills Have Eyes, The

Jazz Singer, The (1980. Remix)

Jurassic Park III

Knockaround Guys, The

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Legend Of Bagger Vance, The

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The: Director's Cut

Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King, The: Extended Edition

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The: Special Extended Edition

Lord of War

Man Who Fell to Earth, The

Maniac

Maniac Cop

Mask: SE, The

Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

Mexican, The

Minority Report

My Brilliant Career

Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion

Open Water

Opera

Osterman Weekend, The

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Pitch Black

Punch Drunk Love: Superbit Deluxe

Q: The Winged Serpent

Running Man, The

Running Scared (2006)

Rush Hour 2

Saw

Seven: Platinum Series

S1mone

Sin City

Snakes on a Plane

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Stargate: Ultimate Edition

Starstruck

Stir of Echoes: SE

Stunt Man, The

Suspiria

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Ultimate Edition

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The

Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition

Toy Story 10th Anniversary SE

Toy Story 2: SE

Two Evil Eyes

Unbreakable

Upside of Anger, The

Venom

Vigilante

Watcher in the Woods, The

Wimbledon

X-Men: The Last Stand

Alone in the Dark

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Bad Taste

Beastmaster

Blade 2

Blade Trinity

Bones

Butterfly Effect, The

Can't Stop The Music

Chicken Run

Contamination

Crash

Day of the Dead

Dead & Buried

Devil's Rejects, The

Dirty Dancing: Ultimate Edition

Domino

Dumb and Dumber Unrated

Evil Dead, The

Fast Company

Final Countdown, The

Final Destination 2

Final Destination 3

Fire and Ice

God Told Me To

Gladiator (2-disc only)

Golden Compass, The

Haunting, The

Highlander

Highlander 2: The Quickening

Hills Have Eyes, The

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Rings, The: Extended Edition

Lord Of The Rings: The Return of the King, The: Extended Edition

Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers, The: Extended Edition

Lord of War

Man Who Fell to Earth, The

Maniac

Maniac Cop

Mask: SE, The

My Brilliant Career

Neon Genesis Evangelion: End of Evangelion

Open Water

Opera

Osterman Weekend, The

Q: The Winged Serpent

Running Man, The

Running Scared (2006)

Rush Hour 2

Saw

Seven: Platinum Series

S1mone

Snakes on a Plane

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Stargate: Ultimate Edition

Starstruck

Stir of Echoes: SE

Stunt Man, The

Suspiria

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The

Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition

Toy Story 10th Anniversary SE

Toy Story 2: SE

Upside of Anger, The

Venom

Vigilante

Watcher in the Woods, The

X-Men: The Last Stand

:: Information ::

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Dolby Digital Surround EX technology was developed by Dolby Laboratories and LucasFilm in 1998 and first featured on the soundtrack for Star Wars: Episode I on May 19, 1999. The format features an additional monaural back-surround channel recorded within a multi-channel (that is, any soundtrack with two discrete rear channels) soundtrack's conventional left and right rear channels. This additional audio is recorded in both surround channels at -3dB and out of phase (+/-90°) with one another and any non-EX audio present.

When decoded, this phase shifted audio (ie. any audio present in both channels at the same level +/-90° out of phase in the right and left channels: essentially alternate phase mono) is extracted, combined and directed to the back-surround output. This channel aggregation increases the resultant channel's audio level by 3dB (hence the initial 3dB reduction). The remaining conventional in-phase content in the left and right surround channels is directed to the left and right surround channel outputs intact. This process produces three 'matrixed' rear audio channels. Dolby Digital Surround EX is not a 6.1-channel format, as this nomenclature references the number of fully discrete channels, but rather '5.1 EX'.

DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 decoders use a matrix extraction technique functionally identical to that used by Dolby Digital Surround EX decoders (but using DTS's Neo:6 processing system, avoiding their early need to licence technology from THX and Dolby Laboratories). DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 expands upon the back-surround concept by including a fully discrete monaural back-surround channel. Despite its name, it is in actuality a combination of discrete and matrix technologies.

All DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 soundtracks also contain matrixed audio content to ensure compatibility with legacy DTS-ES Matrix 6.1/pseudo-EX decoders. This audio is unnecessary and must be removed if a DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 decoder is used. In order to remove this redundant content, the decoder feeds the discrete channel audio into the left and right channels 180° out of phase with the matrixed audio content. This technique essentially cancels out any matrixed audio in these channels.

The discrete audio channel present is simultaneously fed to the back-centre output in-phase. This process increases channel separation. As the audio content contained in the discrete left, right and centre surround channels is not identical (due to the nature of the 'lossy' compression system used), this channel separation technique does not allow for fully discrete channel separation, however (that is, total channel separation). Channel separation is, despite this limitation, considerably greater than that of either Dolby Digital Surround EX or DTS-ES Matrix 6.1.

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