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Author Topic: DTS XD-10 Anyone Using It Yet? Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2003 07:20 PM                     We have a customer thats wanting to install 4 of them in a plex they have and I was wondering if any other techs here have had any first hand experience with it? I talked to DTS yesterday and reportedly sales to the homeland have been slow, with the majority of them going to Europe. There have also been some supposed minor software issues and in fact DTS is not shipping any for around two weeks due to waiting for the latest software upgrades to be installed into in-stock units. While the idea of it is very good and certainly promising, the networking part of it, which is probably the most important part is not available till next year...... Mark  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2003 09:13 PM                        We have one here. The ever-elusive John Eickhof installed it, took him about 30 to 60 minutes at most. I think he's installed at least one and maybe two others, maybe more by now. (We've had ours since July.)  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2003 09:23 PM                     I was very impressed with the unit when DTS did a training seminar at CTC in Sept just before Show East Very powerfull and full featured unit  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2003 09:50 PM                     My concern is reliability, although I know thats a bit early to really know that 100%. Also software bugs can be a pain in the a## when the theatre is 250 miles or more away. In general Digital cinema equipment has gotten quite famous for taking a couple of years to settle in. Seems like its always a rush to release release something. Mark  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-22-2003 10:11 PM                     It seems very robust and simple in design so I havent any hesitation to use them  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-24-2003 03:46 AM                        We`are looking to use them from early next year.The soft subtitling option is especially important to us as a new phase of the Disability Discrimination Act comes in to effect next September requiring more widespread subtitling of films.  |  IP: Logged

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