I agree on the easy set up of DTS over mag for the newer installations....think about it...if you have either a Simplex or Century, only the projector head need be changed if it is currently a 35mm only theatre.

With Panastereo's CSP-4600, mag installation would also be a snap for existing mag set ups with CP-500s or CP-65s or Panastereo.

In speaking with one of the studios that was looking into DTS and 70mm...they claimed that DTS wanted a pretty hefty premium to license the DTS format for 70mm in addition to 35mm (in addition to the negative cost for the 65mm time-code)...so much so that it would have been cheaper to strike mag prints for a small run.

Steve

...which is exactly what I'm trying to do. Wish me luck.

BTW, the 35mm optical stereo print (a new one, I was told) I screened about a year ago or so did not have any black masking to achieve the 2.21 ratio. As far as I could see, it was a perfectly ordinary scope print.

For years, he kept A Clockwork Orange unavailable on video in Australia and Great Britain due to the problems on its initial release in GB and the fact that Australia uses the same video format.

Now, the poor guy's still warm in his grave and guess what came out on video here about one month ago?

You guessed it...A Clockwork Orange.

Anyone have any updates on releases?

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Martin Frandsen
Film crazy!, Big 70mm fan!

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Yeah, I think you told me about that feature of the Panastereo unit in a previous thread. I really want one of those! But I really want those two extra speakers, too, so I'm not going to tell the management about that particular feature just yet.

We cranked up the Stargate sequence (reel 7 or 8, I think) and layed down on the stage with our feet touching the bottom masking. Then, when the scene begins, put your arms out in front of you as if you were Superman. It's really like you are flying through time.

Proves you don't need drugs to have that induced freaky experience.

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On the other hand, the 5->3 (and, even, 5->1!) channel conversion option would be good to have around for emergency use, in case the film in question had panned dialogue and an amp or crossover or loudspeaker were blown. Obviously, the problem would need to get fixed, but it's better to have some options for temporary use (with apologies to customers and offers of refunds) rather than to be forced to cancel shows or lose some dialogue as a result.

I've always liked the way that some Dolby processors have a "bypass" mode which sends a mono signal to all three screen channels. I've never lost a center channel, but this would allow running the film in mono through the L and R screen channels if the center channel were to go south.

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At $700 for one mag head, 4 hours of labor to convert to 70mm operation, (that's if there's only one projector) the need for much better trained operators, the high cost if the print is damaged -and- the lean times theaters are going through now means that mag striping has (sadly) worn out it's welcome.

I think I'd rather have 70mm make a come-back with DTS (or SR-D or SDDS) then not have it come back at all.

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