Differences in Audio between E* and D* ???

[Nick]

I was wondering which DBS provider has the best audio stream. Seems like I heard somewhere that D* doesn't transmit DD5.1 encoding. Is that true? Does anyone know which provider transmits what?

[Steve Mehs]

I never compared D*s audio on a HT system, but with the speakerss built into the TV D* sounds they same as E* to me. DirecTV has more channels in Dolby Digital then Dish. D* has, Starz E&W, HBO E&W, Showtime E&W, Showtime Too, Showtime Shocase, Showtime Extreme, and a couple PPV channels, plus the HD channels. E* just has Starz E&W, HBO E&W, Showtime E&W, PPV and HD in DD. Remember a lot of content on the premiums will be in Dolby Digital 2.0 not 5.1. All PPVs are/should be in 5.1.