IMAX Enhanced IMAX Enhanced home certification program (IMAX and DTS)

What IMAX Enhanced is

IMAX Enhanced is a certification ecosystem, not a codec. DTS describes it as three parts: streaming on large platforms, remastered content that pairs IMAX picture with DTS sound, and devices that earn the IMAX Enhanced badge. The standards come from a committee of IMAX, DTS and Hollywood technical specialists, and certified devices must meet "strict performance standards" for resolution, brightness and sonic fidelity. Neither DTS's page nor its expert interview lists numeric thresholds, so a vendor's claim that a TV is certified is the only public evidence of the bar it cleared. IMAX's theatrical systems are covered separately in IMAX.

The picture side

IMAX remasters titles through its Digital Media Remastering (DMR) process, which DTS says helps preserve the full dynamic range of the picture; DTS also describes a proprietary pre-processing stage that improves color and brightness for content owners. DTS credits the remastering with "up to 26% more picture" in the expanded frame; the 26% is the 1.90:1 gain explained in IMAX expanded aspect ratio. On Disney+ the ratio is 1.90:1, and some movies use it only for select sequences. For HDR, eCoustics reports IMAX Enhanced uses HDR10 and HDR10+ on 4K content, with peak brightness limited by the individual TV or projector. I did not find a source for a specific nit target.

The sound side

IMAX Enhanced sound is a DTS:X mix. DTS says the theatrical 12-channel or 5-channel IMAX mix is reconfigured for home playback, and because IMAX theaters have no dedicated LFE channel in the content, the adaptation adds "some subtle sub-bass management to deliver a dedicated LFE channel for home systems." eCoustics says 5.1.4 or 7.1.4 is ideally suited to DTS:X and that systems without DTS:X get an alternate immersive track, normally Dolby Atmos. Disney's help page limits the DTS:X option to select Android TV devices from Sony, Hisense, Sharp and Xiaomi; other supported devices get the expanded picture but not the enhanced sound.

Which devices are certified

The most detailed list I could load is eCoustics' May 2024 update. TVs: Sony A95L and the BRAVIA 7, 8, 8 II and 9, Hisense U7G and U8G, and TCL Q6, QM6K, QM7 and QM8. Projectors: Sony VPL-VW325ES and VPL-VW675ES. Receivers and processors: Denon AVR-A1H, AVR-X6800H and AVR-X3800H, and Marantz AV 10, CINEMA 40 and CINEMA 50. Soundbars: Sony BRAVIA Theater Bar 8 and Bar 9, and the LG S95QR. DTS's page shows logos for 30 partner names, including Anthem, Arcam, Denon, Hisense, JBL Synthesis, Marantz, McIntosh, Onkyo, Pioneer, Sony, StormAudio, TCL and Xiaomi.

The pages I could load do not confirm IMAX Enhanced on any LG or Samsung TV, or on 2026 models, because I could not load IMAX's current device page or Sony's support list (both returned errors). Check the manufacturer's spec page for the exact model. The receiver match tool helps size an AVR for a DTS:X layout.

Content: 2021 to 2026

Disney+ launched IMAX Enhanced on November 12, 2021 with 13 Marvel titles, including Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The DTS:X soundtrack option arrived on May 15, 2024, with 18 additional Marvel films slated to add it, and DTS counts Sony Pictures Core at over 250 titles on Sony BRAVIA TVs. Disney's page lists titles such as Queen Rock Montreal, The Marvels, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avengers: Endgame. On September 4, 2025, DTS and IMAX announced that Sony Pictures would add hundreds of titles in DTS:X, available on certain Hisense and Toshiba TVs in the UK and Germany via ad-supported video starting in early 2026. On disc, eCoustics describes the 4K Blu-ray selection as limited, citing A Beautiful Planet, Journey to the South Pacific and Zombieland: Double Tap.

Worked example: a DTS:X home layout

A 5.1.4 system has 10 channels: five bed speakers, one subwoofer and four height speakers. A 7.1.4 system has 12. IMAX's theatrical laser sound is also a 12-channel design, but the home mix is a DTS:X object mix rendered to whatever you own, so the match is one of scale, not of layout. On the picture side, a 1.90:1 expanded sequence on a 65-inch 16:9 TV (56.7 in wide, 31.9 in tall) is 29.8 in tall, 93% of the panel height, against 23.7 in (74%) for a 2.39:1 scope frame. That 6.1 in of added height is the 26% DTS and Disney quote. The audio and picture gains are independent: the expanded frame reaches every supported Disney+ device, while DTS:X needs one of the select Android TV models.

IMAX Enhanced vs theatrical IMAX

The home program borrows IMAX's frame and DMR processing but not the room. A 65-inch TV is not a 24 m screen, and Disney+ documents only the 1.90:1 frame at home. You do not need all certified gear either: DTS's expert interview says not all your devices have to be certified to enjoy the content. Disney and IMAX are the ones to read for the actual catalog; the home-theater comparison is in Dolby Atmos vs DTS:X vs IMAX Enhanced and We Have IMAX at Home.

Common confusions

Two dates get mixed up. The expanded picture reached Disney+ in November 2021, not May 2024; May 2024 is when the DTS:X option arrived. And IMAX Enhanced is a separate program from the theatrical camera certification: see Filmed For IMAX.