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Steve Scott
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 - posted 11-21-2002 07:18 PM      Profile for Steve Scott   Email Steve Scott   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
What's the normal turnaround time for DTS to send out trailers and trailer discs? I've been waiting four weeks now and nothing has arrived.

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Josh Jones
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 - posted 11-22-2002 08:47 PM      Profile for Josh Jones   Author's Homepage   Email Josh Jones   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I, too am waiting for stuff from Dolby to arrive. Its been about 2 months now [Confused]

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Bob Brown
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 - posted 11-22-2002 11:26 PM      Profile for Bob Brown   Author's Homepage   Email Bob Brown   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
I know that DTS is not handling the distribution of the trailer disks. We get ours from the TES depot with our films. (Delivered by Airborne Exp.) They come everyother week. It has been this way for the last couple of months. You may need to check with Karen at DTS to see if your theatre is on the distribution list, or you can check with the TES depot. If you e-mail Karen directly she is super about getting back to you. Hope this helps. As far as Dolby goes, we are still waiting for our stuff from the opening of the theatre last year!!

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John Hawkinson
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 - posted 11-23-2002 10:28 AM      Profile for John Hawkinson   Email John Hawkinson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Err, TES only has one "depot," in Wilmington, OH. But yes, TES is now handling DTS disc distribution. If you go to exhibitor.technicolor.com and check the "Screen detail" information for your account, you should make sure the number of DTS screens is accurate.

I believe (not certain) that is what control how many DTS discs you receive from TES. Ours come in airborne padded packs...

--jhawk

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Steve Kraus
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 - posted 11-23-2002 11:30 AM      Profile for Steve Kraus     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
AFAIK TES is in Ontario, CA (that's California, not Canada) as well.

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John Pytlak
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 - posted 11-23-2002 08:00 PM      Profile for John Pytlak   Author's Homepage   Email John Pytlak   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Here's a link to Technicolor Entertainment Services:

http://www.technicolor.com/services/index.html

Here's a map and directory of Technicolor locations, including TES in Ontario CA and Wilmington OH:

http://www.technicolor.com/aboutus/global.html

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John Hawkinson
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 - posted 11-23-2002 08:29 PM      Profile for John Hawkinson   Email John Hawkinson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Perhaps I should be a bit more specific.

My understanding is that TES's depot for prints is in Wilmington, OH, and that most prints are shipped through there. They also have an office in Ontario, CA, from which they ship most marketting materials. I've never seen a print come from Ontario, though I suppose it's not unreasonable for them to warehouse west coast stuff there...but for some reason I'm under the impression that is not so.

Steve, do any of your prints come from Ontario? (!)

--jhawk

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John Pytlak
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Last I knew, the Ontario CA TES did handle prints for the west coast. Maybe that's changed?

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Steve Kraus
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No, I'm served out of Wilmington. But Ontario is where I call when someone screws up and has the audacity of charging me for print shipping. (I don't pay shipping.)

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Steve Scott
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 - posted 11-24-2002 08:56 PM      Profile for Steve Scott   Email Steve Scott   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Yeah, I was unaware of the fact that Technicolor handled DTS ad material. Sharon transferred my order to customer service once I sent her my TES account number.

On a related topic, I ordered DTS wall plaques, but all of our DTS and SDDS equipment is on rollaround carts. If I switch equipment and I want to move the plaques, I'm gonna have ugly holes in the wall. Does anybody have any ideas on covering this problem up? It'll be a lot easier to convince our facility manager to install the plaques if I have some solutions [Smile]

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Thomas Procyk
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Steve - Why don't you just put the plaques in the lobby instead of by a specific auditorium? [Smile]

You could also "hang" them up there like a picture, but they'll probably get stolen that way...

=TMP=

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John Hawkinson
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 - posted 11-25-2002 01:18 PM      Profile for John Hawkinson   Email John Hawkinson   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Steve,

TES doesn't handle DTS ad material (35mm trailers, t-shirts, tweakers, etc.). They handle DTS trailer discs only. Probably because as well as doing films, TES is one of the largest manufacturers of compact discs (for record labels and such).

As for the plaques, I would suggest you mount a metal plate to the wall, and then put the holes for the plaques in the metal plate. Then you'll have a nice metal plate on the wall (with holes in it) instead of a wall with holes in it, and it will probably be much less unsightly.

--jhawk

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Adam Fraser
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 - posted 11-25-2002 03:11 PM      Profile for Adam Fraser   Author's Homepage   Email Adam Fraser   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Maybe get some Dolby surround or whatever other analog sound format you have and move them around accordingly. I would think between SDDS, DTS, and SR it would cover 99% of all movies.

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