Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: DTS-70

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Posted by Sigurd Wik (Member # 6131) on 10-30-2014, 07:35 AM:

Hi all,

Looking to buy two DTS XD10 processors and two DTS-70 time code readers with brackets and all. Don't know how my chances are with INTERSTELLAR coming out now, but I figure it can't hurt to ask.

Sigurd

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 10-30-2014, 10:00 AM:

Not sure about the 10s, but I believe that Datasat has (new, and surplus from the original manufacturing runs) 20s in stock and ready to ship - might be worth contacting them directly. You'd need a USB optical drive to ingest into them, but other than that they should be fine for you. Maybe Dan or Karen will chime in here.

DTS 70 timecode readers are likely to be harder to come by, though; not just because of Interstellar, but also the resurgence of interest in 5/70 more generally combined with the fact that they were never made in vast quantities to begin with. I believe Dan mentioned on another thread that Datasat is investigating the feasibility of another production run, but that remaking machine tools, reconstructing documentation and some other issues need to be overcome, and that he wasn't sure if that would end up being possible for a price that potential customers would be realistically able to pay, given the likely volume and type of sales (mainly arthouse and independent theaters with restricted budgets).

Good luck with your search.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 10-30-2014, 10:06 AM:

Making the 70mm TCR's is no big deal and would only involve CNC machining programs. Convincing the Datasat BOD to make more would be the more difficult aspect. The 70mm reader is something a company like LaVezzi could crank out the parts for a thousand of in a day's time (literally). Any competent CNC shop could also manufacture them and the LED, sensor and the rest of the circuitry is all off the shelf anyway. IE: It's nothing special.

Mark

Posted by Sigurd Wik (Member # 6131) on 10-31-2014, 10:03 AM:

Thanks for replies, appreciate it. A couple of XD10s appeared almost from nowhere, so I grabbed them as soon as I could.

As for the 70mm sound heads, still interested in two of those.

Sigurd