LG’s tumultuous relationship with DTS audio continues, as the company will once again be dropping the audio codec from its 2025 TV line. The manufacturer had previously dropped support for DTS before bringing it back for its 2023 line of TVs. Vincent Teoh of HDTVtest broke the news after being given early access to the LG G5 for a review. Teoh noted that the TV’s EDID made no mention of DTS, and comments that he believes that this change will affect all 2025 OLED and LCD TVs.
HDTV mentions that internal data shows that DTS is not widely used by LG TV owners on devices where it is available. It appears that owners of LG’s 2025 lineup will be limited to Dolby audio formats only.
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The following was originally published Feb 6, 2023:
LG has confirmed that its 2023 TVs will be compatible with DTS audio codecs in addition to the already-supported Dolby Atmos.
DTS:X developer Xperi announced in a press release that LG’s most recent OLED and premium LCD TVs would be DTS compatible. LG went on to corroborate Xperi’s announcement by telling FlatPanelsHD that all of the company’s 2023 OLED TVs will support DTS and DTS:X codecs, with one caveat: the TV’s native speakers won’t be able to play back DTS:X audio, and that audio will need to be sent to a separate sound system. This means that an external soundbar or surround sound system is recommended to take full advantage of these newly supported codecs.
This news of additional sound options will certainly appeal to home theater enthusiasts, as well as shake up the landscape of what audio codecs are preferred among consumers.
The following is LG Korea’s full statement to FlatPanelsHD: “2023 LG TVs from the QNED85 and up plus all OLED TVs will decode the DTS, DTS:X and Imax Enhanced Audio CODECs for the purposes of sending them to an external Audio device that also support these CODECs. LG is not promising that the TV speakers will play back the audio.”
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