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Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 07-11-2005, 01:27 PM:

So I was glancing at a recent trailer disc from DTS and listed was "DTS Sparks!". Anyone know of this trailer?

AJG

Posted by Wolff King Morrow (Member # 2226) on 07-11-2005, 04:23 PM:

I have the ad that goes with those. I havn't looked at it yet, but I assume its just the latest DTS policy run.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-11-2005, 09:20 PM:

Be nice if they'd ship some prints out. 2 trailers in 13 years... that's kind of pathetic.

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 07-11-2005, 11:23 PM:

Wolff,

How did you get those ads? I'm probably due to order some new ones, so wondering if I can request them?

AJG

Posted by Monte L Fullmer (Member # 2797) on 07-12-2005, 03:37 AM:

Give DTS a holler 1-800-959-4109 and ask about these DTS tags. Maybe they can give you a lead on how to get these tags.

Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 07-12-2005, 10:13 AM:

Aaron - contact the purchasing department in your corporate office. They will order those for you. You can get one DTS & one Dolby Digital for each unit that you have per quarter for free. Just send in a requisition (I used to work for your company).

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 07-12-2005, 12:46 PM:

Thanks Mike. That's the drill I've always followed, but I'm just hoping they'd send the new trailer. Last time I ordered DTS trailers and asked for Sonic Landscape, I got Digital Experience. Albeit, they were the revised version of Digital Experience.

AJG

Posted by Mike Spaeth (Member # 524) on 07-12-2005, 01:29 PM:

I think that they just warehouse them and ship them out from the warehouse. So, until the warehouse places another order ... I think you'll just have to wait ...

Posted by Wolff King Morrow (Member # 2226) on 07-15-2005, 05:06 PM:

I emailed Karen Hultgren directly. She will send your theater any DTS ads you want free of charge. You can specify between the "Sparks", "Piano" and "The Flying Disc".

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-13-2005, 08:07 PM:

We got ours. They are good, if too brief - they show off the sound system better than Sonic Landscape, but they're only about 5 or 6 seconds long, if that.

The other quibble I have is, the final logo only says DTS -- it doesn't include the words digital sound anywhere, so infrequent (or non-tech-head) moviegoers may not know what the hell DTS means.

On the good side -- A nice touch is that the scope and flat versions have different sound.

Posted by Thomas Dieter (Member # 2507) on 08-14-2005, 01:34 AM:

For those that are looking for the number to contact for DTS trailers, here's the number.

DTS Trailer Orders
818-706-3525 x317
Sharon Henderson

Posted by Heath Dutton (Member # 3265) on 08-14-2005, 07:25 PM:

I love the new "sparks", we just got ours, and the theme goes extremely well with our Rave policy trailer. I love the fact that it's short. Thats the only thing I liked about sonic landscape. Another plus is that it's pretty dark, and if used on a dozen prints it won't show dirt or scratches as easily as sonic landscape or the flying disk of horror.

Posted by Daniel Schulz (Member # 1881) on 08-15-2005, 11:38 AM:

Actually, Sharon Henderson is the contact for requesting the DTS Trailer Subscription Disc. To request 35mm prints of the new Sparks! trailers, please call Beth Neal at 818-706-3525 or email her at bneal@dtsonline.com.

Thanks,

Daniel @ DTS

Posted by Hannes Helfenstein (Member # 2709) on 08-29-2005, 04:13 PM:

Can anyone tell me any details about the new DTS-trailer(s)? Are they also in DTS-ES?

Thanks for every information.

Posted by Mike B. Smith (Member # 2829) on 08-29-2005, 04:49 PM:

Yes the new spark trailers are in DTS-ES. Also strange but true, both scope and flat DTS sparks have the same picture but different soundtracks. Trailers can be obtained by requesting them from cinematech@dtsonline.com

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-29-2005, 08:53 PM:

I still haven't had a chance to load this up and watch it.

Mike - is there any video version of this? I would be happy to post a video file here for people to get an idea of what the trailer is like.

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 08-29-2005, 09:07 PM:

I still think that the analog tracks should say, "YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO DTS! THIS IS ANALOG SOUND! THIS THEATER SUCKS! GO DEMAND YOUR MONEY BACK NOW!"

Ok, maybe that's too extreme. Maybe something like, "Apparently, this theater may be equipped with DTS Digital Sound, however it's not on at the moment. We appologize for any inconvenience."

...

Nah, I like the first one better. [evil]

Posted by Frank Dubrois (Member # 3042) on 08-30-2005, 12:03 AM:

I'd love to see a video of the trailer.

Posted by Wolff King Morrow (Member # 2226) on 08-30-2005, 12:38 AM:

There's really nothing to it. Some sparks fly inward to make the DTS logo. Lasts only about 10 seconds, which is a GOOD thing.

Posted by Mike B. Smith (Member # 2829) on 08-30-2005, 05:52 PM:

Yes it is really quite short, very simple and to the point. The new logo runs about ten seconds, it's the ending of a 30 second version that was never released. Brad - I'll start jumping thru the permission hoops to send you a video.