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Well, I believe that even the mixing part in surround is a different procedure entirely for DD and DTS -- and certainly, for THX. Different equipment, different "authentication," double or triple the costs. First off, you have 5.1., 6.0, 6.1, 7.1 and 7.2, just to name a few variants. :~))

The main difference, of course, is the particular encoding employed by Dolby and DTS. Each company has a good number of variants by now, with more on the way. DTS has already shipped titles with 10 indie channels.

Also, in the cinemsa, while both Dolby analog and DD are laid down onto the 35mm (or 70mm) positive print, DTS comes delivered on a CD. With D-cinema, everything will be streamed from hard drive using the Motion JPEG2000 codec.