Is Dolby Digital Live Worth it?

I am still worried on whether to buy a whole new 5.1 set for my PC or buy a sound card that supports DDL and use my Home Theater with it , I heard that Dolby Digital Live doesn't really give real surround sound from games , it only takes the stereo signal and decodes it , is that true? also how is the quality of Dolby Digital Live sound compared to analog surround? and finally can you recommend me some good DDL PCI sound cards ? my budget is 100$.

Thanks in advance

I am still worried on whether to buy a whole new 5.1 set for my PC or buy a sound card that supports DDL and use my Home Theater with it , I heard that Dolby Digital Live doesn't really give real surround sound from games , it only takes the stereo signal and decodes it , is that true? also how is the quality of Dolby Digital Live sound compared to analog surround? and finally can you recommend me some good DDL PCI sound cards ? my budget is 100$.

Thanks in advance

zidan4000

The ASUS Xonar DS is $40 but it supports DTS Connect. HT OMEGA Striker is about $74 on Newegg and it supports both DTS and DDL. They encode the signal into a DDL/DTS signal for your receiver to decode. That means you can send mono, stereo, quad, or 5.1 through it. (Can't do 7.1, only HDMI or 4 analog can.)

Also if you have one of the newer cards from Nvidia (GTX 460, or the GTX 5xx series) or AMD (5xxx series and 6xxx series) and your receiver supports audio over HDMI, you could just use those.