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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 10-14-2002 12:31 PM

I don't think that guy has enough sense to come in out of the rain....

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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"

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From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 10-14-2002 03:40 PM

A lot of people will just believe anything. I am thinking about offering an actual working light saber on ebay, just to see how many bids I get

Well, somebody probably did it already...
Michael

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Dave Williams
Wet nipple scene

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From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 10-14-2002 05:10 PM

You actually only need the dts processor to play the discs, and a keyboard of course. You can override the need for timecode reading or a print.

But who the hell wants the movie soundtrack without the movie? What is this? Books on tape?

Dave

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Martin Brooks
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: May 2002

posted 10-14-2002 06:49 PM

Relax everyone. Although there is five days to go on the auction, no one has bid yet. Besides, why would anyone buy it? They can buy the DVD for $18 on Amazon and get sound and picture.

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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 10-14-2002 08:53 PM

Several years ago, despite the caveats, I removed one of the earliest DTS disks from its clear casket and inserted it into the CD drive on my Dell computer. Didn't play, and what's worse, it rendered the "auto-detect" function useless for most disks. Now when I insert a proper CD or DVD, I have to open an accessory player to play it.
Before, auto-detect would open the designated player automatically.
I've not been able to correct the damage I've done through stupid curiosity.
Words to the wise...
Gerard

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Kara J. McVay
Film Handler

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From: Delaware, OH
Registered: May 2002

posted 10-14-2002 11:29 PM

Amazing but true, the bidding has closed on DTS "special movie discs". I wonder who got to him first?????

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Richard Miller
Film Handler

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From: Lafayette, IN, USA
Registered: Aug 2002

posted 10-15-2002 01:19 AM

I was just wondering who else got DTS discs for Star Wars. A few of the local theaters that got the movie played it without digital sound at all because of their lack of DTS processors. I watched it on Monday night and was not very happy to be one of the unlucky people that didn't know about it. Many customers came to our theater to complain so it affected us as well. I'll never figure out why people complain to us and not them.

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Michael Schaffer
"Where is the
Boardwalk Hotel?"

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From: Boston, MA
Registered: Apr 2002

posted 10-15-2002 04:55 AM

Gerard, I do not understand how inserting a dts disc should affect your computer in this way, but have you tried this: insert an audio cd, right-click an audio file and if the context menu gives you an option "open with..." then you have to point to the desired playback program.
Michael

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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 10-15-2002 10:51 AM

Michael,
Thanks for your attempted help. I can play a CD by clicking on an icon of any CD player except Creative Player, which is the one I used when I inserted the DTS disk. That one opens the player, but with message "No Disk" and "Cannot locate disk." MS Windows Media Player,
and other players, operate properly, but do not open automatically
via Auto Detect. I went to Settings\Auto Detect, and tried listing various players as "Default" Player, but still, none will open when I insert a CD. No big deal, merely a loss of convenience, and of the use of Creative Player, though the sound enhancement functions of the
Creative Player still work with the other players.
Following your advice allows me to open players in a less direct way, but does not restore Auto Detect. [Running Windows 98, 2nd Ed.]
Gerard

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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 10-15-2002 10:52 AM

Michael,
I tried re-installing Creative Player, but there is no change.
Gerard

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Michael Gonzalez
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Grand Island , NE USA
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 10-15-2002 02:01 PM

Leo wrote:

"I suppose there is always the risk that someone will produce and distribute software that would enable the audio to be played off a DTS disc. But even if this did happen, who would want to sit through two hours of movie sound without any picture?"

One argument why someone might want to have this would be bootleggers. A bad as the picture on these videos look, the sound is usually worse. So if someone was able to play the audio off of the DTS disk and them encode that into the bootlegg DVD, than even though the picture would still suck, the sound quality would be perfect.

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Mike Williams
Master Film Handler

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From: Knoxville, TN
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 10-15-2002 02:25 PM

Unless... somebody is going to have a special showing for a theater full of blind people! Then those discs will be usefull!

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Daniel Boisson
Expert Film Handler

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From: Buffalo, NY, USA
Registered: Oct 2001

posted 10-15-2002 03:47 PM

Just a thought....computers can read the DTS discs, so isn't it posible that some nerd somewhere could simply make a program to play it? I know it's still pretty useless without picture.....

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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

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From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 10-15-2002 03:59 PM

Daniel:

I don't think so unless they had the firmware, sound card, and the special chips DTS uses. I orginally heard the older DTS units were modified 386 or 486 computers. The Nerds would be better off fooling around with a DTS unit obtained from a barnyard sale.

The keyword is "MODIFIED"

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Gerard S. Cohen
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Forest Hills, NY, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 10-15-2002 05:14 PM

I did a search on eBay for DTS, and it listed 1684 items, many by reputable makers of DTS players. Some mention home theatre. Is there a separate version of DTS for home use? If so, how can it be a "Digital THEATRE System?" Home theatre, like home office?

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