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Author Topic: DTS Trial-Run (Development and Testing) Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-13-2004 03:33 PM                     I'm told that "Jurassic Park" was not the very first movie in DTS. Rumor has it there was (at least) one major release for testing DTS prior to the JP rollout. Can anyone name the movie?  |  IP: Logged Travis Hubrig Expert Film Handler Posts: 175 From: Minot ND, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 02-13-2004 03:40 PM                     It was the trailer for JP... No, I don't know. Although I heard something similar.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-13-2004 04:41 PM                     I wonder if it was one of the three pre-JP movies whose clips are in the DTS 'Buzz & Bill Show' test/demo film: Backdraft (1991) Far And Away (1992) Born On The Fouth Of July (1989) I always wondered why these three titles were picked for use in the film, unless it was just a Universal/DTS thing (all three are UI releases, and UI was a major investor in the early development of DTS), or is there a Ron Howard (directed Backdraft and F&A)/Tom Cruise (starred in F&A and 'Born') connection here? -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-13-2004 05:26 PM                     And...while we're on the topic of test-runs...anyone had a chance to run NEWSIES or STAR TREK 6 in recent years? (a) Supposedly, these titles carried SRD data for field testing. Any truth to this? (b) If so, has anyone had a chance to actually playback the data? Is it a "real" soundtrack or just data?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-13-2004 05:29 PM                     I think that was just a few prints made with the SRD track. I would've certainly remembered seeing that on my prints and I remember running both of them. We need someone from Dolby to confirm this, but it was my understanding that the tracks were just silent data and the purpose of the test was to check on track wear issues in the field.  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-13-2004 05:54 PM                     How 'bout Dr. Giggles?  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-13-2004 05:56 PM                    would it maybe have been Dragon The bruce lee story that was the one used for testing. quote: I always wondered why these three titles were picked for use in the film, unless it was just a Universal/DTS thing (all three are UI releases, and UI was a major investor in the early development of DTS), or is there a Ron Howard (directed Backdraft and F&A)/Tom Cruise (starred in F&A and 'Born') connection here? maybe it was because they had stereo surround mag prints that they used for the 6 channel sound mix on the disc and of course for some of the reasons stated.  |  IP: Logged Mike Carro Film Handler Posts: 67 From: Tempe, Az USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 02-13-2004 06:05 PM                        I heard that Dragon was released in DTS but couldn't find it in any publications.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-13-2004 06:06 PM                     I did a Google search on this and found a reference here: www.soccerchix.org/online_sportsbook_08-04-2003.html Now, do NOT go to that page...the quote is NOT there. It only appears on the cached version in the Google archives. How this article got onto www.soccerchix.org, I have NO idea. In this article, titled "Dolby Still Dominates Sound but DTS Has Some Backers" (cached version) it quotes Brian Caldwell, director of marketing for Agoura Hills, Calif.-based DTS' consumer and pro division as saying, quote: The only DTS theatrical release prior to Jurassic had been Dr. Giggles, a horror movie from Universal that was essentially used as a test to convince Spielberg and the studio executives of the format's value... I really can't explain why this article is on this site or why it was edited. One of the stranger sources I've ever seen.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-15-2004 03:00 PM                     Because "dominates" and "backers" are sports terms and it matched some automated search criteria for sports-related articles, and then was removed when someone realized it was not sports-related? --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-15-2004 05:07 PM                     Can anyone confirm the "Dr. Giggles" DTS test print thing? Concerning "Dragon," Universal had some prints for that with Dolby Digital audio on them. I think Universal only had a couple other Dolby Digital releases pre-JP, such as "Matinee." Does anyone have anymore specifics about the "Star Trek VI" and "Newsies" DD test screenings? I've seen blurbs written about them in "Widescreen Review," but I don't think anyone has mentioned where the screenings where held. Possibly the El Capitan theater? I wouldn't expect there to be anymore than 1 or 2 test prints for each of these films, and I wonder if they still exist. Of note, it was not until the release of "Lighting Jack" in the mid 1990s that SR*D tracks were featured on an entire inventory of prints.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-15-2004 05:54 PM                     jhawk -- I don't think your are correct here. The article is still there, but the only thing missing is the reference to Dr. Giggles.  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 02-15-2004 07:39 PM                     We have a Reel of Backdraft (1991) up in our booth that has Stereo and DTS....God knows where the disk is...  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-15-2004 08:03 PM                     Why don't you run that reel of Backdraft and report back just exactly what is on that reel. I'll bet just about anything it's just a setup reel.  |  IP: Logged Dean Kollet Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 591 From: Florida State University Registered: Jul 2003 posted 02-15-2004 08:30 PM                     Brad, I ran it way back when I was learning/testing out how to interlock our projectors....it was a scene with fire sorry, bad joke...am I correct in assuming that one of the DTS setup disks we have play with the reel?  |  IP: Logged

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