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Karen Hultgren
Master Film Handler

Posts: 492
From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2000


 - posted 01-19-2001 06:17 PM      Profile for Karen Hultgren   Author's Homepage   Email Karen Hultgren   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hey, I think I "chime in" a lot! I am busy and cannot check in more than a few times a week. Being nasty to me will just make me go away.

If anything needs immediate attention, send me an email or call us!

On adding more drives:

The number of drives does not matter. As the software is designed today, a player will recognize only ONE feature serial number at a time (it's a little different for trailers). Each feature film has a unique serial number. That's why, after changing feature discs, you must cycle power. Get rid of the old number and load the new. This design is simple and works best for the majority of our customers.

Karen at DTS
khultgren@dtsonline.com www.dtsonline.com

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99


 - posted 01-20-2001 11:41 AM      Profile for Mike Blakesley   Author's Homepage   Email Mike Blakesley   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Karen:

I wasn't being "nasty".... I was JOKING, as evidenced by the

Sorry if I offended.

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Scott Norwood
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From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99


 - posted 01-20-2001 12:14 PM      Profile for Scott Norwood   Author's Homepage   Email Scott Norwood   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
We love Karen!

Seriously, I'd never heard about power-cycling the unit between features, which is good to know about and might explain some of the "issues" I have had with DTS in the past which only seemed to be fixable with a power cycle.

I've never run more than two (maybe three?) DTS features in one day in a single house. In non-DTS theatres, I've done up to five different films in a day in one theatre (festivals, etc.)...

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Brad Miller
Administrator

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From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99


 - posted 01-20-2001 02:29 PM      Profile for Brad Miller   Author's Homepage   Email Brad Miller       Edit/Delete Post 
A few interesting notes on the dts systems, the older units would never recognize new discs that were just loaded without a power cycle. The 6-D units with Toshiba drives wouldn't recognize new discs either *if* the drawers were physically closed, but if the buttons were used to close the drawers, they would. The units with Teac drives work perfectly for me without any sort of rebooting. We can alternate all day and never have to cycle the power using the Teac drives.

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Mathias Andersson
Film Handler

Posts: 26
From: Sweden
Registered: Oct 1999


 - posted 01-21-2001 04:41 PM      Profile for Mathias Andersson   Email Mathias Andersson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I'm with Michael Barry. DVD-ROMs are a great idea. Then you also could use a higher resolution and sample frequency. And while you're at it, why not use a discreet ES channel like the home version of DTS...

The good thing about this, is that you're not bound to be compatible with todays DTS soundformat. New players and new discs to the theatres that have the new players is all that's required.

Oh well... it sounds easy anyway...
/Mathias

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Karen Hultgren
Master Film Handler

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From: Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Registered: Mar 2000


 - posted 01-22-2001 01:29 PM      Profile for Karen Hultgren   Author's Homepage   Email Karen Hultgren   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Oh, so that's what that face was! I thought it was sticking it's tounge out at me. LOL If you were joking, then, never mind ....

Karen at DTS

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Brad Miller
Administrator

Posts: 17775
From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall)
Registered: May 99


 - posted 01-22-2001 02:28 PM      Profile for Brad Miller   Author's Homepage   Email Brad Miller       Edit/Delete Post 
Hey Karen, glad you didn't leave us!

Just so everyone knows, the codes for the "smileys" are on the "faq" link at the top of each forum page. They are used to help convey emotion, since plain text doesn't have much. Here's a couple of examples:

"Dts is the BEST system ever. "

"Dts is the BEST system ever. "

Obviously the first is intended to be serious and the second one is to express sarcasm. The one below shows anger.

"The film depot sent me a broken dts disc! "

Hope that helps. I really need to sit down and do a full update on the site here as to how the smileys can help express emotion to ensure threads are not accidentally read in the wrong tone. I'll try and get that done soon.

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