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Disney+ IMAX Enhanced: choose the picture version and check the sound

Find the Versions tab, tell expanded scenes from widescreen playback and confirm whether the setup can use DTS:X.

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Choose the picture from the film page

Open a film’s detail page and look for Versions. On titles that offer both options, select IMAX Enhanced for the expanded picture or Widescreen for the standard presentation. Read the version description before starting. Disney+ says some films expand for selected sequences and others can use the taller framing throughout. A change in the black bars during a scene can be part of the version you selected.

Run the cleanest comparison on the same television. Start the widescreen version and note a frame about ten minutes in. Open the expanded version and find the same scene. If the framing still matches, try a scene the version description identifies as expanded. Keep your TV’s picture zoom at its standard setting so the screen preserves the framing sent by the app.

Read the picture and audio details separately

On the title page or playerWhat it tells you
Versions includes IMAX Enhanced and WidescreenThe app gives you a choice of picture presentation on this title
The version mentions selected sequencesFrame height can change during that version
DTS:X appears in DetailsThe title has an IMAX Enhanced sound option for supported setups
A DTS:X switch appears during playbackThe current app and device expose the setting for this playback

Disney+ lists IMAX Enhanced sound on selected Android TV devices and compatible audio components. Its audio support page also specifies plan limits. Read both the title Details and the regional device guidance before buying a receiver or changing subscriptions for that feature.

Compare the same passage before keeping an audio change

Choose a short scene with dialogue and music. Play the default audio first, then enable the DTS:X option if your app presents it. Look at the receiver’s input display as well as the app. If dialogue drops out or audio briefly cuts when changing modes, restore the previous app setting and test a regular 5.1 title through the same HDMI path. Keep the film, version, plan and device together in any support request so the sound question stays separate from the picture choice.

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