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DTS is essentially a modern day incarnation of the Vitaphone "sound on disc" system, it uses a timecode on the 35mm film, read by a timecode reader on the projector, to sync with a CD-Rom which is encoded with six channels: Left, Center, Right, Right Surround, Left Surround, and Low-Frequency Effects/Subwoofer. | |||
Unlike SR-D, DTS does not suffer from wear incurred from careless print handling, instead, DTS fails because of scratched or otherwise damaged DTS discs. More often, a print will arrive without any DTS disks at all and you will have to play a print in SR-D, SDDS, or SR (none of these are bad options, it just makes it more exciting when a print actually comes with DTS disks!). If you DO have a print with DTS discs, it is recommended that you do a test screening to make sure they will play back flawlessly, when they do, they sound great and it's a lot of fun. | |||
DTS is the only sound format used in modern 70mm prints. It is CRUCIAL that full run throughs of 70mm prints with DTS tracks be done as there is no analog backup. | |||
Many collectors and archives treat original DTS discs with extreme care and do not use them for projection purposes. Instead, they make copies of the discs and use those, usually also saving them as ISO files and migrating them from time to time. This way, the original discs are handled as little as possible. | |||
The first film released in DTS was JURASSIC PARK (1993) | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.dts.com/ DTS, Inc. website] | * [http://www.dts.com/ DTS, Inc. website] | ||
Revision as of 00:28, 2 March 2014
DTS is essentially a modern day incarnation of the Vitaphone "sound on disc" system, it uses a timecode on the 35mm film, read by a timecode reader on the projector, to sync with a CD-Rom which is encoded with six channels: Left, Center, Right, Right Surround, Left Surround, and Low-Frequency Effects/Subwoofer.
Unlike SR-D, DTS does not suffer from wear incurred from careless print handling, instead, DTS fails because of scratched or otherwise damaged DTS discs. More often, a print will arrive without any DTS disks at all and you will have to play a print in SR-D, SDDS, or SR (none of these are bad options, it just makes it more exciting when a print actually comes with DTS disks!). If you DO have a print with DTS discs, it is recommended that you do a test screening to make sure they will play back flawlessly, when they do, they sound great and it's a lot of fun.
DTS is the only sound format used in modern 70mm prints. It is CRUCIAL that full run throughs of 70mm prints with DTS tracks be done as there is no analog backup.
Many collectors and archives treat original DTS discs with extreme care and do not use them for projection purposes. Instead, they make copies of the discs and use those, usually also saving them as ISO files and migrating them from time to time. This way, the original discs are handled as little as possible.
The first film released in DTS was JURASSIC PARK (1993)
External Links
- DTS, Inc. website
- Wikipedia: DTS