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Author Topic: Where can I get DTS logo trailers Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 08-03-2009 10:01 AM                        quote: Bobby Henderson AFAIK, Dolby never made a version of the Train trailer for analog formats. That one was strictly for Dolby Digital. At least 3 different versions of the Train trailer were made in the early 1990s. The original had the "Dolby Stereo Digital" logo on it, and also had the most aggressive sound mix. If I recall correctly, the Dolby Train trailer was first used with The Fugitive (1993). Very impressive trailer, best of the bunch for any format. The only possible competition might have been some of the SDDS trailers, but since SDDS theaters were so rare around here, I never had a chance to see many of them. I seem to remember a Zorro one that made use of discrete channels pretty well.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-03-2009 10:12 AM                        The Train trailer is cool and very appropriate for us, since we are a railroad town. I would like to vary it a little though - we've been playing that trailer on every show for as long as we've had the Dolby - 3 or 4 years.  |  IP: Logged Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-03-2009 10:32 AM                     I think the helicopter city was the best redition of the DD signal. As far as the DTS the flying disc beats all hands down.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-03-2009 12:16 PM                        I must be the only one who ever liked DTS Sonic Landscape (the piano one). It was subtle, but classy, and would work well for many non-action films.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-03-2009 04:40 PM                     No Scott, I liked it too. So that's two...  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-03-2009 04:46 PM                  It sux! ...That's 2-to-1 so far... I agree with Mike..The Train trailer is cool!  |  IP: Logged Daniel Schulz Master Film Handler Posts: 387 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 08-03-2009 05:20 PM                        I really like Sonic Landscape (the piano logo), but I suppose my vote doesn't count.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-03-2009 05:39 PM                        My DTS votes: Sonic Landscape - great for chick flicks, kid movies and such but not so great for action films. But I liked it. Flying Disks: Great for action movies but a bad fit for chick flicks, art films, movies set before 1960, etc. My favorite because it really showed off the system. Sparks: Nice animation and cool sound, but too short. Good for any movie except retro type things and (again) chick flicks.  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 08-03-2009 07:22 PM                        Were there ever any 70mm DTS logos, either separate or attached to a print?  |  IP: Logged Daniel Schulz Master Film Handler Posts: 387 From: Los Angeles, CA USA Registered: Sep 2003 posted 08-03-2009 08:12 PM                        Yes, there were 5-perf 70mm prints of the flying disc logo.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-03-2009 08:48 PM                     We ran a 70mm one on Vertigo. quote: Daniel Schulz I really like Sonic Landscape (the piano logo), but I suppose my vote doesn't count. 3-1  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 08-10-2009 02:22 PM                        I liked Sonic Landscape much better than the flying disc. That one was cool when it first appeared, but its cheesiness got old very quickly. If you want to show off your split surrounds, nothing will do it better than the THX "Tex" trailers. The power drill in the rear surround (can't remember if it was LR or RR) along with the whirring of his jet pack around you gives you full notice that there are more than one channel behind you. Maybe it's because so many theaters don't bother to show off their sound systems any more, but it amazes me that companies whose bread and butter is sound can't get a really kick-butt trailer to show off their equipment and what it can do. I'd be curious to know what percentage of theaters still show DTS and Dolby Digital trailers. That would make a good feature for an issue of Box Office Magazine!  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 08-10-2009 02:35 PM                     Until my last day in cinemas, I used to show DTS (until it stopped working and the company just dismissed it) and Dolby Digital logos in front of every movies on the biggest screen - just trying to have the trailers last as much as possible. I have been showing the same 30/35 Dolby logos for 6 years, doing my best to keep them in good shape. At the end, they were dirty (no wet cleaning system installed) but definitly NOT scratched. I'm proud of that, but anybody has ever cared about it. It was just my choice. Marco  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 08-10-2009 11:30 PM                     quote: Daniel Schulz We will be rebranding under our new name, Datasat Digital Entertainment, and will be rolling out new materials under that name, with a new logo. Stay tuned. Just a suggestion, I strongly recommend keeping some sort of brand identity attachment to the original DTS logos: "The Digital Experience" thing could help bridge the gap between the DTS brand name and Datasat Digital Entertainment. I'd still hold onto the DTS moniker as long as I could. There's a lot of value between having the same logo on a lot of home audio equipment and showing up in movie credits.  |  IP: Logged Charles Greenlee Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 801 From: Savannah, Ga, U.S. Registered: Jun 2006 posted 08-11-2009 03:36 PM                        I ran DTS trailers on the appropriate screen when I was at the regal. When I got there, we had none, and no posters, plaques, or even trailer discs. I immediately started the ball rolling to get those, and during the interim, with approval of DTS over the phone, borrowed the other Regal's trailer discs, and made copies to cover all of our DTS screens. I also stole their DTS trailers, what they had, since they were converted to Dolby Digital some time back. Also sent in for the Dolby analog trailers and other promo items. Analog may be outdated, and considered inferior to the digital, but might as well play up what we have. People, after seeing the promo items, thought we had upgraded our sound systems. They even commented on how much better they sounded. Gotta love the placebo effect, not that we didn't have the sound, but that it was there the whole time. Nothing changed but their perception. And that, in fact, was the desired effect. I ran those until I left.  |  IP: Logged

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