- DTS support seems to have been deleted from 2025 LG TVS
- Almost all streaming services are Dolby, not DTS
- Your AV or Soundbar streamer can have a DTS decoder
The story seems to be repeated: LG has removed the DTS support from its OLED 2025 televisions, including the LG C5, just as it did in 2020.
Noticed by the TV review Vincent Teoh (via flatpanelshd), EDID information on the LG G5 – the information that indicates audio and video sources what formats that a TV supports – does not include DTS Audio.
When LG brought back DTS in 2023, we said it was good news for home theater lovers, because it would give them support for content that did not use Dolby Atmos. But it seems that according to LG internal data, there were not many users of this type or a large part of this content played on LG TV: Dolby was by far the most used sound format.
This is largely because Dolby and Atmos are the favorite format of the best streaming services. The notable DTS exception, the improved IMAX stremed by Disney +, was not taken care of on LG TV because of its particular variation in the format.
The 2025 models will only be Dolby – but that does not mean that you cannot yet enjoy DTS soundtracks.
How to get around the lack of DTS on 2025 LG TVS
The problem here is all about decoding. DTS is a compressed audio format, which means that you need a device that can get rid of it and send it to one of the best bars of sound or your theater speakers.
If your TV is deleted from the equation, it doesn’t matter if it takes charge of DTS, however.
If your TV cannot decode DTS, you can have other devices that can. So, if your source device is connected to a DTS compatible AV receiver, you don’t have to worry about whether your A DTS TV: the decoding occurs on your receiver, not on your TV.
With sound bars, it’s a little more complex, because you will need a sound bar that supports HDMI Passthrough as well as DTS so that the sound bar can manage the audio and send the video to the TV.
Many models do not offer this connectivity, although most high -end or mid -range models from Sony, Samsung and LG do so. You can connect one of the best Blu-ray 4K players or other DTS source directly to the HDMI input of the sound bar, then connect the TV to the other port, and the sound bar will take and decode the DTS audio.
If this is not an option, there is still one thing you can do: if your LG (or any other TV) TV does not have the possibility of decoding DTS, but your 4K Blu-ray readers do it, then you can generally define the reader to decode the DTS and take out the uncompressed audio.
Try to define the audio output format of your reader on LPCM, often labeled linear PCM. This format can be passed through the TV to your sound bar in sound sound without any concern about the format, although you would lose the spatial sound of DTS: x.
It is a shame that LG has abandoned this format, and we are not sure that LG televisions probably adding Audio Eclipsa in the future will really compensate.
However, during the coming months, LG 2024 televisions will remain for sale, including the LG C4 and the LG G4, and are undoubtedly better value than its 2025 – doubly if you want DTS support …
