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Author Topic: Allocation of Digital Sound in a Multi-Plex Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-19-2002 02:57 AM                     I have to disagree to a large extent about Dolby Digital getting so many more releases than DTS or SDDS. It really has to be clarified which and what kind of releases Dolby Digital is getting as exclusives. Much of that product is of indie film and foreign film nature, of which most first run theaters hardly ever book at all. The large majority of major releases (I'd say 19 of 20 on average) get distributed in quad format. In the last couple years I've noticed studios that deal heavily in independent film, such as Miramax, using quad format delivery more and more often. Even the promos for the "Operation Greenlight" film say it is going out in quad format (and this is a film that cost under $2 million to make). I said it in an earlier post, but I'll repeat if you have a theater that specializes in showing only independent film, you should use a Dolby Digital system. If you deal in traditional Hollywood fare, it makes little difference at all between using DTS or Dolby Digital.  |  IP: Logged

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