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Author Topic: LOTR: Return of the King will have 3 DTS discs Jim Leko Film Handler Posts: 90 From: Redondo Beach, CA, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 09-08-2003 06:01 PM                     That's good to hear Brad. I am sure LoTR will be spending a good deal of time in one of our DTS auditoriums. It would be a real pain to have to switch discs sometime during movie. So, this new DTS player... "Containing an internal hard drive capable of storing up to 30 feature film soundtracks, the XD10 gives distributors and exhibitors the flexibility of storing multiple languages of one title or multiple titles." Sounds like you can store all your movies on the hard drive. That would actually be nice, considering the general manager at my theater loves to have us move prints all day long. It would save us the trouble of having to remember to move the DTS discs as well. Interesting idea.  |  IP: Logged Ron Yost Master Film Handler Posts: 344 From: Paso Robles, CA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-08-2003 06:46 PM                     Moving a couple of CD's is trouble?? My, how things have changed. Ron Yost  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 09-08-2003 06:48 PM                        It is not odd that Return of the King will be in Dolby Digital EX. The last two were. Of course, that's not a true 6.1 format since it is matrixed. Also, George thought that we would buy into DLP with Episode II. He thinks he'll have better luck this time?  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-08-2003 07:02 PM                     Of course the other option would be too install a removable scsi hard drive in place of the the second player and from a PC copy the disks to that harddrive and then plug it in but of course since it is dos the drive would have to be under the old size limit but I am not sure if that affects scsi drives as well as ide  |  IP: Logged Per Hauberg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 883 From: Malling, Denmark Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-08-2003 07:13 PM                        Don't any of You guys get it: They don't have any of those good old first DTS units left back there at DTS. -Now they want to look inside them to see, what made them run so much better than the next generation If the 10-track model has as many titles to offer as ES/EX, they may just keep it. No other investment has been that little appreciated by the audiences ! But more than 3 hours without a break makes custumers pee in the corners - ergo: Intermission, Ladies & Gents ! Beside of all this, DTS still sounds better, runs better and get better service back-up than competitians. p.  |  IP: Logged Antonio Marcheselli Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1260 From: Florence, Italy Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-08-2003 07:15 PM                        I can't believe that DTS splits the movie in three disks to encourage DTS6 owner to switch to XD-10. I'd rather think that DTS is encouraging DTS6 owners to switch to XD-10 since LOTR III is a three disk movie (for its lenght)... Really, for LOTR III there will be no difference in sound with 1993 DTS 6D and 2003 DTS XD-10... Bye A  |  IP: Logged Torsten Jasper Film Handler Posts: 15 From: Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany Registered: Aug 2003 posted 09-08-2003 07:20 PM                    quote: Brad wrote: Yes, the dts6-D (3 drawer) unit will have no problem playing a 3 disc movie. Likewise the dts6-AD (analog/digital combo) unit will have no problem playing a 3 disc movie either. Thats just right! Do you have any triple features of LOTR in your cinemas? We do and these are mostly sold out! Just crazy. Greetings... T. J.  |  IP: Logged Jim Leko Film Handler Posts: 90 From: Redondo Beach, CA, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 09-08-2003 07:43 PM                     quote: Moving a couple of CD's is trouble?? My, how things have changed. Ron Yost It's obviously not any trouble, it's just sometimes one of us will forget, and a show or two will be played in Dolby SR instead of DTS. Happens about once a week.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 09-08-2003 08:13 PM                     If the movie is really close to 4 hours long then the simple solution is just to stick a home-made intermission in and change the discs at that time. As a matter of policy I put an intermission in any 4 hour movie that does not come with one. The audience needs a break.... and besides I need to sell some concessions.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 09-08-2003 08:18 PM                     3 discs? How much longer is Return of the King supposed to be compared to the others? If I remember, the 3rd book was the shortest anyhow. Is this just a stunt on behalf of DTS to get people to buy the XD-10? Are those 3 CD's gonna be full to the brim with data that 3 discs are needed? I guess the only thing that worries me is if the film plays in one of our houses with DTS-6. Actually, out of our 4 DTS-6D houses, only one of them has 3 fully functional drives. I've had it noted for months with nothing done about it. If we run this in a DTS house, which are our best houses, oh boy. Let's just hope that either we get those drives, or put it in our SR-D and SDDS houses opening weekend. Or, if it's possible, get some XD-10's. Of course, that will NEVER happen at our place. I did think of something. How about if the info on the 3 combined could be put on 2 discs, could one make a custom disc with the .aud files re-arranged onto 2 discs? AJG  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-08-2003 08:55 PM                     quote: As a matter of policy I put an intermission in any 4 hour movie that does not come with one. Um...no... I totally understand your logic but, all the same, a deal is a deal. You agree to play the movie the way the studio made it -- in this case, without an intermission -- or else don't play it at all. And don't forget...they are watching you...  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-08-2003 09:46 PM                     I remember reading reviews of the second film, where people that were familiar with the books were saying that the second film ended without covering the end of the book. So I would guess that the third film has to cover the end of the second book, and then the third book. Maybe that is why it is so long. Or maybe they just put a long cartoon on the head of it.  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 09-08-2003 10:42 PM                        quote: And don't forget...they are watching you... If only that were the case. I would love it if the studios watched the presentations in theaters and went after them when the presentations were poor.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-08-2003 10:49 PM                     I question if they could stop an intermission since any theatre with a tower would require one and in the UK in particular that is the norm so one could insist that they are given the same treatment as other international exhibitors of the the "global exhibition economy" and have one as well Note they even provide intermission tags and specify where the intermission is placed  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-08-2003 10:59 PM                        Each disk holds 100 minutes worth of sound, right? So if the program includes 3 or 4 trailers plus all the DTS and THX snipes, if the movie is anything over about 190 minutes then three disks would be required. I think NATO should forget about the trailer sound volume battle -- which they're losing anyway -- and figure out a way to make it "standard practice" that any movie 150 minutes or more must have an intermission.  |  IP: Logged

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